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hether a substantial professor of law at Charleston change or a political Charleston received Law School and an 86% of atrophied attorney sideshow, the presiin the earmark world, Wyche P.A. in Greenville. with the money. dent’s and Congress’ ” Ellis said.

Simpearmarks kins focuses Without the traditional ban has uprooted on comparative conaccess South Carolina a traditional stitutional to those sums of money, lawmakers way for the federal design and constituthe S.C. originally government to tional State Ports Authority’s wanted $400,000 law. for fund local projects, harbor the Army causing legisdeepening project Corps of Engineers Since 2008, $35.5 skidded to a study to lators to scramble million stop because to send federal has deepening the harbor, of the ban. been earmarked for but dollars home. the Port that figure shrank Steve Ellis, vice president to $50,000 by of Charleston and Earmarks were an of April since most the Port of Taxpayers easy tar- Georgetown, of the fiscal year for Common Sense, get as lawmakers according to the Ofhad looked to trim fi passed. said the ban caused some ce of Management the federal budget unand Budget. avoidable Rep. Jim Clyburn, and the counchaos.

The money funded D-S.C., try’s ballooning defi dredging vowed to work administrative cit by cut- and “We are going to maintenance projects ting spending and ly have to go – going as well through pork projects, as directly to the corps some growing pains Project SeaHawk, and said John Simpkins, a Homeland agencies as President Barack an assistant Security start exercising those Obama’s adpilot program. de- ministration cision making muscles – to get money for that have the study.

In mid-April, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., put holds on Senate business until Charleston Harbor was addressed.

He lifted those holds April 15, citing progress made with Vice President Biden and Senate leadership. Joe On May 17, Clyburn announced Charleston Harbor received $150,000 from the Army Corps of Engineers’ U.S. work plan to begin the study. Graham and Rep. Tim Scott joined Clyburn on a conference call to talk with reporters about getting the federal money

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early everyone agrees that our nation is on the wrong track. We sense deeply that our country is in trouble, and we also share an overwhelming concern that our elected leaders in Washington have failed us. We disagree sharply on who’s right and who’s wrong in the ideological battle being waged between the parties, but we agree that whatever the causes, we’re not seeing the leadership we need in the nation’s capital.

Not surprisingly, taxation has become a central topic. A popular talking point, mainly among conservatives, is that nearly half of all households pay no federal income tax. For some, the implication seems to be that “those people,” (those low- or no-income people) are getting too much in the way of government largesse. In response, liberals point out that lower-income Americans still pay many other taxes, such as sales, gas and property taxes.

Dollar for dollar But as a recent article in The Washington Post lays out in some detail, neither viewpoint gets at the heart of the matter. The fact is that tax credits and deductions for children, for college tuition, retirement savings, mortgage interest and employer-funded health coverage, among other things, have exploded in value to the point where federal taxpayers received $1.08 trillion in tax breaks last year while paying $1.09 trillion in income taxes.

For every tax dollar collected, there’s another dollar uncollected thanks to the everexpanding list of deductions and tax credits.

The breaks for health insurance and mortgage interest cost the Treasury $260 billion a year.

And how about taxation in S.C.? You may have heard the news: For every dollar of sales taxes collected by the state, there’s another dollar lost to sales tax exemptions.

How many ways can you screw up a state’s tax system? Michael Fanning has some answers as the inspirational leader of a grassroots movement that’s gaining attention. Fanning’s website, www.roarsc.com, lays out the many ways that sales, income and property tax codes have all been turned into fiscal Swiss cheese — full of holes. Yet at the same time that we’re losing revenue we need, we’re also overburdening businesses and hurting our competitiveness by making them carry more of the tax load than is reasonable.

Fanning says we’ve lost the vital support of the “three-legged stool” of property, sales and income taxes that spreads the burden of taxes more fairly and more evenly across individuals and different sectors of the economy.

Only one way out

(or think they do), but let’s face it, the vast majority of citizens and voters do not.

Solving these dilemmas calls for things now in short supply — the ability to balance fiscal probity with compassion; the courage to forgo some tax breaks and accept the paring of some government benefits so others can have at least a shot at living a decent life.

And yes, above all, the capacity for people and their political leaders to compromise.

Of course, if you’re right, why compromise? That’s what one blogger wrote regarding the current political divide.

My answer is that whether you’re a conservative or a liberal, if you’re absolutely sure you’re smarter than the other 70% of Americans who don’t accept your views, then you are almost certainly wrong.

It’s been a rough 2 1/2 years since Barack Obama took office. Neither he nor anyone else fully anticipated how deep and long the nation’s economic slump would linger. The soaring rhetoric of his presidential campaign is long forgotten, but it’s still worth reflecting on these few lines from his stump speech: “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

I guess you could say that tea party adherents were the ones most inspired by those words. But the passion and conviction of 25%-30% of the population unleavened by the passion and conviction of other Americans elsewhere on the political spectrum will not save us.

We are still the ones we are waiting for.

Whether you’re talking about balancing budgets, reducing the national debt, saving Social Security and Medicare, supporting education or repairing crumbling infrastructure, the only way we’re going to get where we need to go is with a mix of raising more revenue and trimming back entitlements.

As the Washington Post article points out, special tax breaks, whether for corporate jets or home mortgage interest, are just as much “entitlements” as the more obvious Social Security and Medicare.

We clearly need more tax revenue, but we also need more fairness and balance in the tax laws. At the national level, we’re collecting taxes at the rate of only 15% of gross domestic product. Sorry, but there’s no way to balance budgets with taxation that low, unless we all pine for a libertarian paradise littered with destitute seniors and people on bread lines or dying by the side of the road for lack of access Bill Settlemyer to health care. Some do pine for that paradise bsettlemyer@scbiznews.com

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The ZF Group, a global automotive industry supplier, has announced plans to expand its operations in Laurens County even as it’s constructing a $350 million manufacturing operation it announced in 2010.

The Friedrichshafen, Germany-based company said the additional $80 million investment is expected to generate 300 jobs in addition to the 900 original jobs.

“As ZF plays a stronger role in delivering efficiency-enhancing products for North America, the encouraging climate and strong resources in South Carolina help make us more competitive,” said Ludger Reckmann, CEO of ZF Transmissions LLC. ZF Group said the expansion in Laurens County is a result of increasing demand from the automotive market.

Automotive continues to be a leading manufacturing sector in South Carolina’s economy.

The S.C. Department of Commerce has been involved in recruiting more than $400 million in investment and more than 800 jobs in the

Bridgestone Americas Inc. plans to build a 1.5 million-square-foot manufacturing plant for off-road radial tires and to make a 474,000-square-foot expansion to its passenger and light truck tire plant in Aiken County.

The $1.2 billion investment — the largest capital investment in state history — should create more than 850 full-time and contractor jobs, officials said.

The new plant will be built on a greenfield site in Aiken County’s Sage Mill Industrial Park.

Currently, large and ultra-large off-road radial tires are made at Bridgestone plants in Japan.

Site preparation and construction are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter, and the manufacturing equipment is to be installed in the third quarter of 2012, Bridgestone said.

$35.9 million The amount the State Budget and Control Board approved for an economic development revenue bond aimed at building the South Carolina Tissue plant at the S.C. Advanced Technology Park in Barnwell County. The $140 million investment, which was announced last fall, is expected to create 200 jobs.

The board also approved a $167,085 bond issued by the Barnwell Economic Development Corp. for a sewer line extension to the industrial park to S.C. Advance d Technolog support the plant. y Park

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ZF continues construction work at its Laurens County plant, which is expected to open in 2012.

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automotive-related sector since the beginning of the year.

“ZF’s decision to expand on its previous investment is a big win for South Carolina and bolsters our automotive sector. In fact, this is the sixth automotive announcement we’ve had in the past two months,” said Bobby Hitt, who heads the state Department of Commerce.

The state offered a $500,000 grant for site improvements as well as state training funds.

Innovative Composites to build in Orangeburg County A manufacturer of advanced materials will establish its new production facility in Orangeburg County, the company announced recently.

Innovative Composites International Inc.’s $9.3 million investment is expected to generate 300 new jobs in total.

The Toronto-based company will locate its facility in the former DANA building in the Orangeburg County/ City Industrial Park and will do business there under the name EcoScapes Composites LLC. “South Carolina has provided us with an excellent location for our new operations,” said Bryce Clark, vice president of manufacturing for Innovative Composites International Inc. “We ap-

preciate all the support we’ve received from state and local officials.”

The company will produce composite housing at the facility and expects to begin operations in the first quarter of next year.

The company builds 880-square-foot turnkey houses that can be put together in about two days and are earthquake- and hurricane-resistant. The company’s houses provide portable as well as permanent fast deployment solutions for disaster relief situations, mining camps, troop/command shelters and other housing needs.

“South Carolina continues to be a magnet for international investment with Canada leading the way as our number one trading partner,” said Central SC Alliance Chairman Jim Apple.

Median household income rises slightly in S.C. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that median household income in South Carolina took a slight upturn in 2010, going from $41,101 in 2009 to $41,709 in 2010, a 1.5% increase.

That’s the first increase in median household income in South Carolina since 2007, just before the recession swept across the U.S. and sparked a global economic decline.

Even with the increase, however, South Carolina is still down nearly 6% from 2007.

Real median household income across the U.S. was $49,445 in 2010, a 2.3% decline from 2009. That’s a dramatic year-to-year decrease, and it’s a trend that began three years earlier.

“Since 2007, the year before the most recent recession, real median household income has declined 6.4% and is 7.1% below the median household income peak that occurred in 1999,” the Census Bureau said in its analysis.

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Mauldin $56,347 Summerville $53,649 Simpsonville $50,176 Charleston $47,799 Easley $46,870 W. Columbia $43,750 Cayce $39,665 Columbia $38,588 Greenville $38,209 N. Charleston $34,955 Spartanburg $34,000 Anderson $30,999 Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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Nonagricultural Employment for S.C. July 2011 to Aug. 2011

Aug. 2010 to Aug. 2011

Industry Title

Aug. 2011

July 2011

Aug. 2010

# Change

% Change

# Change

% Change

Total Nonfarm

1,828,900

1,830,600

1,812,400

-1,700

-0.09%

16,500

0.91%

Mining and Logging

4,200

4,200

4,000

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0.00%

200

5.00%

77,600

77,800

78,900

-200

-0.26%

-1,300

-1.65%

Manufacturing

218,700

217,900

207,700

800

0.37%

11,000

5.30%

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

Construction

351,800

353,300

346,200

-1,500

-0.42%

5,600

1.62%

Information

25,500

25,800

25,400

-300

-1.16%

100

0.39%

Financial Activities

97,100

97,600

98,300

-500

-0.51%

-1,200

-1.22%

Professional and Business Services

224,600

223,400

218,400

1,200

0.54%

6,200

2.84%

Education and Health Services

216,400

215,900

212,100

500

0.23%

4,300

2.03%

Leisure and Hospitality

224,400

227,800

216,900

-3,400

-1.49%

7,500

3.46%

Government

320,300

318,900

336,000

1,400

0.44%

-15,700

-4.67%

Source: S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce

Airplane Passenger Boardings 2011 Airport

April

May

June

July

118,795

127,702

119,093

121,807

GSP International

77,441

82,626

84,603

85,661

Hilton Head Island

6,216

6,705

6,138

6,018

Charleston International

Airport Myrtle Beach International Columbia Metropolitan Total

April

May

June

July

77,415

95,916

102,082

N/A

43,336

44,285

44,779

N/A

323,203 357,234 356,695 213,486 Source: Individual airports

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May 27, 2011 - Sept. 22, 2011 Jobs Company Investment Created Le Creuset.............................. $3.6M.............25 VCI-SC Inc.................................. $2M.............50 Elliott Sawmilling Co. Inc.... $800,000.............15 Tire International...................... $25M...........150 Daniel Defense Inc. ................ $5.3M...........100 Masonite International Corp...... $14M...........159 Coastal Corrugated Inc............ $1.5M.............26 Emediagroup Inc................... $2.25M.............20 Fehrer Automotive North America LLC................... $14M...........130 Schaeffler Group USA............... $10M...........100 Adams Scrap Recycling LLC.... $3.2M.............50 PolyQuest Inc............................. $8M.............20 Griffin Thermal Products LLC......... NP.............50 Confluence Watersports........... $13M.............72 5-Star USA............................... $25M........1,000 NEM USA Corp.............................. NP.............40 Innovative Composites International Inc...................... $9.3M...........300 ZF Group ................................. $80M...........300 JR Automation Technologies LLC....................... $2M.............54 TIGHitco Inc............................. $30M...........350 KP Components Inc.................. $10M.............50 Bridgestone............................. $1.2B...........880

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estled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Anderson County lies along the South Carolina Heritage Corridor in the state’s northwestern corner. Located along Interstate 85, halfway between Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., on what was once Cherokee hunting ground, Anderson is studded with landmarks from its past.

From pioneer log cabins to stately mansions, the area holds treasures for those hoping to explore the region’s heritage.

Anderson County retains the benefits of small town living with friendly people and less traffic than nearby metro cities. Blending the old and new, the county seat of Anderson has revitalized its downtown with new facades, cobblestone areas, fountains and green spaces. This revitalization complements the stately historic courthouse and the modern new courthouse facing each other on Main Street.

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employees who have received specialized training from nearby Tri-County Technical College, Anderson and Clemson universities.

Anderson County is also home to the Clemson University Advanced Materials Center. Advanced materials research is about making products smarter, better and faster. Inside Clemson’s 111,000-square-foot research laboratory are some of the world’s brightest researchers, using state-of-the-art equipment. The National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense and NASA have all recognized the laboratory’s work and have provided funds to fuel future innovation.

Low taxes, low cost of quality real estate, extraordinary community services and events, concerts, the arts, beautiful golf courses, hundreds of restaurants and shopping venues, great schools, colleges and unbeatable health care are just a few of the amenities offered in Anderson County.

This century-old generator was operated by famed Anderson engineer William Whitner, who found a way to reliably send electricity to textile mills across the county.

A history of innovation Anderson County was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Gen. Robert Anderson. In the mid-1700s, Anderson and Andrew

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Pickens explored and surveyed the Cherokee land that was to become Anderson. The Cherokees lived in the area until 1777 when the land was ceded to South Carolina by the Cherokees in a treaty negotiated by Pickens.

This area became known as the Pendleton District. In 1826, the Pendleton District was divided into two districts — Anderson and Pickens.

Because the town of Pendleton was too close to the Pickens border, a courthouse was built at the center of the county in a small town named Anderson that was once heralded as the “City of Hospitality” for its gracious air and beautiful gardens.

Settled by pioneering farmers of ScotsIrish and English descent, the area’s spirit of innovation and self-reliance prepared the region for the manufacturing boom in the 19th century. Using a hydroelectric power, Anderson engineer William Whitner found a way for electricity to be conducted by wire to mills throughout the county. Anderson was the first U.S. city to have a continuous supply of electric power, which was supplied by a water mill located in the high shoals area of the Rocky River. Anderson was in the vanguard of long-distance transmission of hydro-

Visitors enjoy perusing the wares of vendors during the Spring Jubilee in Pendleton.

electric power, and was dubbed the “Electric City.” Additionally, the first cotton gin in the world to be operated by electricity was built in Anderson County in 1897. To this day, the county boasts the state’s oldest cotton mill in operation, Pendleton Factory, which was built

by La France Industries in 1838. Because of Whitner’s historical significance, he is memorialized with a bronze statue in front of the Anderson County Courthouse and a street named in his honor. The century-old generator operated by Whitner at the Portman

Power Plant — the humble beginning of Duke Power, now known as Duke Energy — is on display at the 10,000-square-foot Generator Park.

Anderson’s downtown historic district comprises a 16-block walking tour that includes the courthouse, the Sullivan Building, the P&N Railroad Depot, a Confederate monument, the Anderson County Museum, the Anderson County Library, a 1764 Revolutionary War cannon called “The Old Reformer,” and the Anderson Arts Center, formerly known as the Carnegie Library.

Vision for the future Leadership is the responsibility to lead by example, and Anderson County has not faltered in its determination to make wise choices that promote sustainable development and a prosperous future for the region’s children and grandchildren, not just in Anderson County but the Upstate.

Anderson County defines “sustainable development” as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. By promoting collective action to maintain Anderson County’s intrinsic quali-

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ties, the region must plan and manage public assets, infrastructure and resources in a way that supports sustainable development objectives and promotes the public interest.

During the past decade, Anderson County has undergone a transformation with unprecedented revitalization. South Anderson is undergoing a transformation with the completion of the Courthouse Annex, a new one-stop shop for residents, and the upcoming renovation of a vacant shopping center into a Lowe’s.

Anderson County has seen an increase in the number of county businesses and jobs between 2007 and 2011, and has a diverse mix of business types, occupations and residents.

Recent economic development has included Lincoln Oil, $10 million investment and 12 jobs; Cross Country Home Services, $3 million investment with 200-plus jobs; Heritage Propane Express, $1.5 million investment and 24 jobs; Delta Power Co., $3.6 million investment and 40 jobs; Allegro Industries, $1.65 million investment and 45 jobs; Unitex Group USA, $4 million investment and 40 jobs.

First Quality Tissue’s decision to bring $1 billion investment and 1,000 jobs to Anderson County earned Area Development magazine’s Project of the Year award and propelled South Carolina over the top as the 2011 Gold Shovel Award Recipient. The company chose Anderson County after an extensive site selection process and credited the state’s proximity to the growing Southeastern market, quality infrastructure and low energy costs.

With the addition of new industry, Anderson County also has witnessed the expansion of existing industries. Glen Raven, Robert Bosch, Orian Rugs, Medline and Timken are expanding and growing with a combined $59 million investment and 60 additional jobs.

Fiscal responsibility With 187,126 people, Anderson County is the eighth largest county in South Carolina.

Current population trends indicate a surge of people could soon call the county home.

Anderson County has retained an AA credit rating from Standard & Poor’s and the Aa3 rating from Moody’s, two of the top providers of independent credit and risk analysis.

The county is investing in a range of programs and infrastructure projects to maintain quality of life underpinned by sound fiscal decision-making and policies to ensure stability for Anderson County’s future.

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Anderson County offers a number of recreational and family friendly events throughout the year for residents and visitors.

Economic development Anderson County has focused its economic development efforts by improving relationships with existing industries and recruiting and nurturing new industries that improve quality of life for all residents.

Area Development magazine, a national economic development publication, recently awarded South Carolina the 2011 Gold Shovel award for the state’s economic developments efforts last year. South Carolina also received the magazine’s “Project of the Year” award, making the state the first recipient to receive both awards. First Quality was cited as one of the projects that lead to South Carolina being awarded the “Gold Shovel Award.”

“It is quite an honor for Anderson County to be named in a very prestigious list of projects that brought Area Development’s Gold Shovel award to South Carolina,” said Anderson County Council Chairman Tommy Dunn. “Anderson County Council is motivated by a unified vision to create high-paying jobs for our residents by attracting quality industry to our county. We have a firm foundation of infrastructure to support industry, many diverse sites, a well-equipped workforce and competitive incentives. First Quality’s decision to bring an $1 billion investment and 1,000 jobs to Anderson County represents the successful collaboration of our legislative delegation, county council and administration, economic development professionals and the State Department of Commerce to bring prospective industry home to South Carolina.”

Dan Cooper, former state representative and chairman of the S.C. House Ways and Means Committee, said economic development in Anderson County is a testament to hard work on several levels.

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ment recognize South Carolina with its Gold Shovel award and the Project of the Year award for First Quality Tissue investment in Anderson County,” Cooper said. “This award is a testament to all the hard work of state and local leaders and economic development professionals from across South Carolina.”

Tourism is economic development Anderson County boasts a mild climate with four distinct seasons, a vast lake and a thriving economic and cultural community.

Home to 55,950-acre Hartwell Lake, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir with nearly 1,000 miles of shoreline for residential and recreational use, Anderson is within sight of the Blue Ridge Mountains and is a morning drive from the Atlantic Ocean beaches.

Anderson County has become a thriving industrial, commercial and tourist center with one of the lowest costs of living rates in the United States.

Hartwell Lake: Named for another Revolutionary War figure, Nancy Ann Morgan Hart, the lake hosts 10.5 million visitors annually.

The lake is known for water sports, including boating, water skiing and bass fishing.

Since 2008, it has welcomed events such as the BassMaster’s Classic, Toyota Tundra Bassmaster’s Tournament, the Lady Bass Angler’s Association Tournament, the Triple Crown Watercross Tour, the 2011 Wake Hartwell Wakeboarding Championship.

The lake’s shoreline is dotted with boat landings, recreation areas, campgrounds and marinas. Interstate 85 bisects Hartwell Lake, making the area easily accessible to visitors.

A popular destination for campers and hikers — Anderson County boasts miles of hiking trails in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Dozens of scenic waterfalls are

popular destinations — some easily accessible and some requiring a longer, more strenuous hike. Other popular recreation activities include whitewater sports, rock climbing, mountain biking and horseback riding.

T. Ed Garrison Arena: Horse shows, livestock sales, and equestrian events are held at this venue, a $4.4 million, 100-acre complex just off U.S. Highway 76. Owned and operated

by Clemson University, the area boasts indoor and outdoor arenas. The facility is the largest of its kind in the Southeast. A number of riding farms and academies in the area provide further options for equestrians and horse fans.

NASCAR: Stock car race fans can catch NASCAR events at Anderson Motor Speedway, located off I-85 between Anderson and Greenville. The speedway roars into action each Friday night throughout the summer. The “Supertrack of the Carolinas” attracts some of the best driving talent from across the Carolinas and Georgia each week in a quest for the checkered flag.

Golf: The Upstate boasts 125 golf courses, 12 in Anderson County along. Golf tournaments such as the BMW Charity Pro-Am, which draws an impressive list of professional golfers and celebrities, attract golf enthusiasts from all over.

Anderson Sports & Entertainment Center: Since 2007, the center has attracted diverse community events such as the Great Southeast BalloonFest, Balloons Over Anderson, the Loch Hartwell Scots Fest & Highland Games, the Clemson Brick Forum, the Southern Classic Volleyball Tournament and the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s Annual Convention, the 2009 S.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans State Convention and the 2010 National Reunion of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

The architecture is illuminated at the Thrift Library on the Anderson University campus.

The center is the main recreational hub for the county. With a 14,000-seat amphitheater, a 65-acre Sports Center and a 37,000-squarefoot Civic Center, the center offers entertainment and recreation venues for many interests and individuals.

Anderson County’s reputation as a convention-conference venue is growing because of the area’s professional atmosphere, the Anderson Civic Center’s quality meeting space and Southern hospitality.

In 2008, the county partnered with the city of Anderson and other organizations to inaugurate the first Tour de La France to encourage residents to pursue a more active lifestyle.

Airport The Anderson County Regional Airport serves the citizens and businesses of Anderson County and surrounding areas. The airport is three miles from Anderson and has two runways measuring 6,000 feet and 5,000 feet. The airport can accommodate regional jet aircraft. In addition, the airport has a small terminal and helipads and has a Category I Instrument Landing System for all weather operations. Fueling, aircraft storage, aircraft maintenance, pilot services and aircraft services also are provided. Other airport amenities include a pilot lounge, quiet room, flight planning, catering, free crew car, car rental and conference room.

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Major Moment PGA Championship to challenge Palmetto State perceptions

By Andy Owens, Managing Editor

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hen Keegan Bradley went from a five-stroke deficit to win the 2011 PGA Championship last month, the rookie pulled off one of the most dramatic comebacks in the history of the tournament.

The legendary finish probably added to the number of nervous index fingers poised over computer mice across the country as golf fans waited for the remaining tickets — only 6% were left — for the 2012 PGA Championship to go on sale.

The last few tickets for the final days of the tournament on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort moved faster than Bradley’s market value after he won the championship in a playoff in Atlanta last month.

Pre-tournament sales had already put the tournament on track to be the No. 1 seller in PGA history.

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Three years of on-site work with a fulltime staff are required to develop a PGA Championship once a venue is chosen for any particular location. South Carolina’s coast wasn’t the easiest sell, tournament officials said, because the course offered geographic challenges and transportation limitations in what is a much smaller market than is typical for golf majors.

Brett Sterba, the 2012 PGA Championship director, said the leadership of the tournament used an accelerated business model that helped create a buzz. Now, other PGA Championship teams are considering the aggressive model used in South Carolina.

“Excitement for the tournament is evident, as the championship has set and broken five single-day ticket records, with the largest-grossing day nearly tripling the sales record on file,” Sterba said.

Money ball The PGA team traveled the state, selling the tournament and creating a buzz to get companies interested in hosting their clients and helping spread the word that the 2012 PGA Championship was hardly a Charleston-only event.

The PGA pulled on Kiawah Island Golf Resort President Roger Warren’s experience as a past president of The PGA of America, along with his ties to the Palmetto State, to help facilitate that effort; but Warren said many people across South Carolina have “worked tirelessly” to make the event possible.

The pitch worked, with 60% of tickets sold for the 2012 PGA Championship coming from more than 50 miles away from Charleston.

Now the PGA has to deliver.

Sterba said creating a momentous

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experience, from the initial purchase to the last putt, is what will make the 2012 PGA Championship great for South Carolina.

Golf has always been a huge draw for the Palmetto State, and the economic impact of resident duffers and fly-in scratch golfers goes beyond the nearly $200 million estimated impact of the 2012 PGA Championship.

A study by the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism found that in 2007, golf accounted for $2.72 billion in sales and supported more than 33,500 jobs in South Carolina with an annual payroll of $834 million.

The 2012 PGA Championship could come at an opportune time for the tourism industry in South Carolina. A report released in February by PRT showed an 8% decline from 2008 to 2009, during the heart of the recession.

Even with the downturn, tourism brought $14 billion into the state in 2009, which is higher than any year before 2007.

The Tourism Department said that domestic, out-of-state tourists made 785,000 trips to South Carolina in 2007 that included at least one round of golf, generating $1.2 billion in sales. And the impact went further than the golf course; PRT said that $1 billion of those sales were at hotels, restaurants, retail and entertainment venues.

Most of the golfers visited Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head Island, but they came from all over the United States east of the Mississippi River. The largest number of golfers coming to play South Carolina were from New York, North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio, respectively.

2012 PGA Championship Economic Impact The 2012 PGA Championship, being held at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, is expected to make a $193 million economic impact on South Carolina, with direct and indirect spending and media exposure. The event is estimated to be viewed in roughly 200 countries and 570 million households.

Source: PGA of America

Only 12% of golfers that year were from in-state.

PGA Championship and tourism officials understand that the multiplier effect of hosting the golf major can have residual effects that last a generation. Even today, local and state officials talk about the impact of the Ryder Cup in 1991, which was also hosted by Kiawah’s Ocean Course. Warren said the success of that Ryder Cup event led to the staging of the 2012 PGA Championship. But Warren said the PGA Championship is much larger in scope and impact.

“This is and will be the biggest sporting event that will be in South Carolina, in the history of South Carolina,” Warren said.

$26 million

$92 million

Labor income, which supports 832 jobs.

$75 million

Value of estimated media exposure expected to come from more than 154 hours of TV coverage.

Direct spending by 50,278 visitors.

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Another tournament, an $81 million economic impact When Gov. Nikki Haley appointed Charleston hospitality executive Duane N. Parrish to lead the state’s tourism operations in January, she gave him a direct marching order: Find a private sponsor for The Heritage golf tournament on Hilton Head Island so the state doesn’t have to bail out the event for a second time.

By June, Parrish had lined up the Royal Bank of Canada as the PGA event’s title sponsor and the Boeing Co. as the event’s local presenting sponsor.

The move likely saved The Heritage for South Carolina because it was likely that Haley, once in the governor’s mansion, would fight against state money being used again.

Telecommunications giant Verizon told tournament officials the company would not be supporting the tournament as a sponsor after 2010, which led to a $10 million loan from the General Assembly. The Heritage’s foundation also contributed to the staging of the event this year.

The Heritage tournament said a 2005 economic impact study conducted by Clemson University showed the tournament generates more than $81 million in sales each year and draws about 135,000 spectators. Last year, the tournament had a $5.7 million purse.

Arnold Palmer won the first tournament in 1969 on a course that was so new the signature lighthouse at Harbour Town Golf Links was still under construction.

Parrish said Haley had made it clear that finding a new title sponsor for The Heritage was his first priority.

Parrish, president of Premier Hospitality Group in Charleston, has more than 25 years’ hotel and tourism management experience.

“He knows what those small businesses need,” Haley said when Parrish was appointed. “It’s about heads in beds; it’s about people in restaurants; it’s about marketing South Carolina in a way that people come to South Carolina over and over again.”

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With an estimated 210,000 on-course spectators, TV viewership that spans the globe, residual jobs and commerce that comes with that many people visiting a region, the economic ripple effect will be counted in the tens of millions, according to a College of Charleston Business School study.

The study estimated that the seven-day event will attract an estimated 50,278 out-oftown visitors, with more than $92 million in direct spending.

The overall impact has been calculated to include an additional $101 million from the direct and indirect labor force that will be required to put on the event and the value of the media exposure gained by hosting the event.

The PGA of America said the influx of visitors to local businesses will produce $26 million in labor income and support 832 jobs.

The tournament is expected to generate more than $75 million in media exposure.

Some 154 hours of TV coverage is expected to be viewed in 580 million households worldwide in more than 200 countries. CBS, TNT and the Golf Channel are broadcasting the 2012 PGA Championship, and online broadcasts and recaps will add to the coverage.

For South Carolina, the impact of positive exposure is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions for tourism.

of The Ocean Course, which is continuously battered by the Atlantic Ocean, and the concern that few companies are headquartered in the state created a set of challenges.

“We took a chance because the whole plan for selling the event is different,” Warren said.

For the first time in championship history, the number of available tickets was limited, which created an instant demand.

Also, part of the world-famous course has been redesigned to give spectators an up-close view of the golf. That includes the hospitality tents, which at most PGA events are set back from the course and away from each other.

Companies buying hospitality facilities wanted to be closer to the golf course, to afford more face time for visiting clients but allowing them to still enjoy the event.

Warren’s understanding of Charleston led him and the PGA staff to consider that putting tents near each other might help foster that traditional Lowcountry sociability.

“People in South Carolina know how to party. They know how to make the best of a social event,” Warren said.

A few tickets remain for the early days of the tournament — Monday through Thursday. Any adult ticketholder can bring as many as four “juniors” — fans 17 or younger — for free in keeping with a standing PGA policy.

“This is an investment in the future,” Warren said. “It just fits the vision of The PGA of Taking a chance on S.C. America. ” Though the Charleston area hosted The 2007 Senior PGA Championship, it wasn’t a lock for the 2012 PGA Championship, WarMatt Tomsic, Ashley Fletcher Frampton and ren said. The size of the market, the geography Mike Fitts contributed to this report.

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No tee times at exclusive southern Georgia retreat For high-end corporate types looking for a golf retreat that avoids the logjam of rushhour traffic likely to come with any major event, MeadWestvaco Corp. recently invested in a property a little farther south.

Cabin Bluff’s Old World feel dates back to 1928. The property overlooks the Cumberland River in Georgia, but you’ll pay at least $400 per person, per day to rent the property, as the all-inclusive retreat caters only to groups.

Cabin Bluff is exclusive, with no more than 40 guests at a time allowed to use the property.

MeadWestvaco Corp., which has extensive

land holdings in South Carolina and has owned the retreat for a few years, said Cabin Bluff appeals to those looking for a meeting location that combines golfing, bird hunting and other activities in “rustic elegance.”

Cabin Bluff’s 18-hole golf course is built around six different greens with three tees each.

Davis Love III said he designed Cabin Bluff’s course to appeal to a variety of skill levels and to work with and around the existing natural environment.

And if you go, you won’t be competing for tee times.

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Facility Address Facility Address Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center 701 Grove Road Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center Greenville, SC 29605-5601 701 Grove Road Greenville, SC 29605-5601 Palmetto Health B 1301 Taylor St. B Palmetto Health Columbia, 1301 TaylorSCSt.29203 Columbia, SC Regional 29203 Healthcare System Spartanburg 101 E. Wood St. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Spartanburg, SC 29303 101 E. Wood St. Spartanburg, SCCenter 29303 MUSC Medical 171 Ashley Ave.Center MUSC Medical Charleston, SC 29403 171 Ashley Ave. Charleston, SC 29403 AnMed Health 800 N. Fant St. AnMed Health Anderson, 800 N. FantSCSt.29621 Anderson, 29621System C Carolinas SC Hospital 805 Pamplico Highway Carolinas Hospital System C Florence, SC 29505 805 Pamplico Highway Florence, 29505 Center LexingtonSC Medical 2720 Sunset Blvd. Center Lexington Medical West SC 29169 2720 Columbia, Sunset Blvd.

West Columbia,Healthcare SC 29169 Self Regional 1325 Spring St.Healthcare Self Regional Greenwood, 1325 Spring SC St. 29646 Greenwood, SC 29646 Roper Hospital 316 Calhoun St. Roper Hospital Charleston, 316 CalhounSC St.29401 Charleston, SCSt. 29401 Bon Secours Francis Health System 1Bon St. Secours Francis Drive St. Francis Health System Greenville, SCDrive 29601 1 St. Francis Greenville, 29601 D ProvidenceSCHospitals 2435 Forest Hospitals Drive Providence D Columbia, SCDrive 29204-2026 2435 Forest Columbia, SC 29204-2026 Trident Health System 9330 Medical Drive Trident HealthPlaza System Charleston, SCPlaza 29406 9330 Medical Drive Charleston, SC 29406 KershawHealth 1315 Roberts St. KershawHealth Camden, SC 29021-7003 1315 Roberts St. Camden, SC Health 29021-7003 Mary Black System 1700 Drive System Mary Skylyn Black Health Spartanburg, SC 29304 1700 Skylyn Drive Spartanburg, Bon Secours SC St.29304 Francis Hospital 2095 Henry Tecklenburg Bon Secours St. FrancisBlvd.

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2095 Henry SC Tecklenburg Charleston, SC 29414 Oconee Medical Center 298 Memorial Drive Oconee Medical Center Seneca, SC 29672 298 Memorial Drive Seneca, SC 29672 Wallace Thomson Hospital 322 W. South St. Hospital Wallace Thomson Union, 29379 322 W.SC South St. Union, SC 29379 East Cooper Medical Center 2000 HospitalMedical Drive Center East Cooper Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 2000 Hospital Drive Mount 29464 Center UpstatePleasant, CarolinaSCMedical 1530 N. Limestone St. Upstate Carolina Medical Center Gaffney, SC 29340 St. 1530 N. Limestone Gaffney, SC 29340 Carolina Center for Behavioral Health 2700 E. Phillips Carolina CenterRoad for Behavioral Health Greer, 29650Road 2700 E.SCPhillips Greer, SC 29650 Baptist Easley Hospital 200 Fleetwood Baptist Easley Drive Hospital Easley, SC 29640 200 Fleetwood Drive Easley, SC 29640

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BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina I-20 at Alpine Road, Columbia, SC 29219

800-550-6322 www.southcarolinablues.com

$1,218,028,749

42.55%

United Healthcare Insurance Co. 450 Columbus Blvd., Hartford, CT 06115

860-702-5000 www.uhc.com

$292,322,008

10.21%

American Family Life Assurance Co. of Columbus 1932 Wynnton Road, Columbus, GA 31999

843-266-1800 www.aflac.com

$64,635,802

2.26%

212-578-2211 www.metlife.com

$56,093,809

1.96%

317-715-7111 www.goldenrule.com

$51,814,226

1.81%

Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. 1601 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19192

860-726-6000 www.cigna.com

$51,172,905

1.79%

Aetna Life Insurance Co. 151 Farmington Ave., Hartford, CT 06156

860-273-0123 www.aetna.com

$45,103,673

1.58%

Prudential Insurance Co. of America 100 Mulberry St., Gateway 3, Seventh Floor, Newark, NJ 07102

973-802-6000 www.prudential.com

$41,953,242

1.47%

Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co. 1 Hartford Plaza, Hartford, CT 06105

860-547-5000 www.thehartford.com

$41,922,895

1.46%

Genworth Life Insurance Co. 6604 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23230

888-322-4629 www.genworth.com

$33,903,073

1.18%

Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. 1200 Colonial Life Blvd. W., Columbia, SC 29210

803-798-7000 www.coloniallife.com

$33,272,576

1.16%

414-271-3011 www.assuranthealth.com

$30,596,495

1.07%

207-575-2211 www.unum.com

$24,385,672

0.85%

John Hancock Life Insurance Co. (U.S.A.) P.O. Box 111, Boston, MA 02117

617-572-4067 www.johnhancock.com

$23,009,401

0.80%

Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada (U.S. branch) 1 Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481

800-786-5433 www.sunlife-usa.com

$21,393,263

0.75%

402-342-7600 www.mutualofomaha.com

$20,819,895

0.73%

Lincoln National Life Insurance Corp.

150 N. Radnor-Chester Road, Radnor, PA 19087

877-275-5462 www.lfg.com

$20,497,839

0.72%

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America 7 Hanover Square, H-26-E, New York, NY 10004

212-598-8000 www.guardianlife.com

$20,124,421

0.70%

800-753-0404 www.companionlife.com

$19,188,896

0.67%

515-247-5111 www.principal.com

$18,856,863

0.66%

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 200 Park Ave., New York, NY 10166

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Golden Rule Insurance Co. 7440 Woodland Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46278

Time Insurance Co. 501 W. Michigan St., Milwaukee, WI 53201 Unum Life Insurance Co. of America 2211 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101

United World Life Insurance Co. Mutual of Omaha Plaza, Omaha, NE 98175

Companion Life Insurance Co. P.O. Box 100102, Columbia, SC 29202-3102 Principal Life Insurance Co. 711 High St., Des Moines, IA 50307

INP=Information not provided. NR=Not ranked. N/A=Not applicable.

Source: S.C. Department of Insurance, premiums written and market share in South Carolina in 2009, the latest year for which data is available. Because of space constraints, only the top-ranked companies are included in printed lists. Find the expanded version of this list at www.scbiznews.com/data.

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Ranked Ranked by

by Number Number of of CPAs CPAs

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Company Company Elliott Davis LLC

Elliott Davis P.O. Box 6286LLC P.O. Box 6286 Greenville, SC 29601 Greenville, SC 29601 Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP DixonBox Hughes P.O. 25849Goodman LLP P.O. Box 25849 Greenville, SC 29616 Greenville, SC 29616 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers 320 E. Main St., Suite 420 LLP 320 E. Main St., Spartanburg, SC Suite 29302420 Spartanburg, SC 29302 Ernst & Young LLP Ernst & Young 75 Beattie Place,LLP Suite 800 75 Beattie Place, Suite 800 Greenville, SC 29601 Greenville, SC 29601 Cherry Bekaert & Holland LLP Cherry & Holland LLP 201 W. Bekaert McBee Ave., Suite 200 201 W. McBee Ave., Suite 200 Greenville, SC 29601 Greenville, SC 29601 Grant Thornton LLP GrantMain Thornton LLP 500 1320 St., Suite 1320 MainSC St.,29201-6208 Suite 500 Columbia, Columbia, SC 29201-6208 McGregor & Co. LLP McGregor Co. LLP 3830 Forest&Drive 3830 Forest Columbia, SCDrive 29204 Columbia, SC 29204 Bauknight, Pietras & Stormer P.A. Bauknight, 1517 GervaisPietras St. & Stormer P.A. 1517 Gervais Columbia, SC St. 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 KPMG LLP KPMG LLP St., Suite 260 40 W. Broad 40 W. BroadSCSt., Suite 260 Greenville, 29601 Greenville, SC 29601 Bradshaw Gordon & Clinkscales LLC Bradshaw Gordon & Clinkscales LLC P.O. Box 16389 P.O. Box 16389 Greenville, SC 29606 Greenville, SC 29606 McAbee Talbert Halliday & Co. McAbee Talbert 824 E. Main St. Halliday & Co. 824 E. Main St. Spartanburg, SC 29302 Spartanburg, SC 29302 Moore Beauston & Woodham LLP MooreW.Beauston Woodham LLP 3520 Montague&Ave., Suite 201 3520 MontagueSCAve., Suite 201 North W. Charleston, 29418 North Charleston, SC 29418 SwaimBrown P.A. SwaimBrown P.O. Box 6404 P.A. P.O. Box 6404SC 29304 Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC 29304 Scott and Company LLP Scott and Company LLP P.O Box 8388 P.O Box 8388 Columbia, SC 29202 Columbia, SC 29202 Derrick, Stubbs & Stith LLP Derrick, Stubbs StithFloor LLP 508 Hampton St.,&First 508 Hampton St., First Floor Columbia, SC 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 Greene Finney & Horton LLP Greene Finney & Horton LLP 211 E. Butler Road, Suite C-6 211 E. Butler Road, Suite C-6 Mauldin, SC 29662 Mauldin, SC 29662 Hyland Ruddy & Garbett CPAs LLC Hyland Ruddy & Garbett 820 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., CPAs Suite BLLC 820 Johnnie Dodds Mount Pleasant, SC Blvd., 29464Suite B Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 The Hobbs Group P.A. The Hobbs Group P.A. P.O. Box 2411 P.O. Box 2411 Columbia, SC 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 Pope Smith Brown & King P.A. PopeE.Smith 309 StoneBrown Ave. & King P.A. 309 E. Stone Greenville, SCAve. 29609 Greenville, SC 29609 Kirkland, Thomas, Watson & Dyches Kirkland, Thomas, Watson & Dyches LLC LLC 220 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 402 220 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 402 Columbia, SC 29210 Columbia, SC 29210 Brittingham, Brown, Prince & Brittingham, Hancock LLC Brown, Prince & Hancock LLC P.O. Box 5949 P.O. Box 5949 SC 29171-5949 West Columbia, West Columbia, SC 29171-5949 Jones, Pounder & Associates P.C. Pounder Associates 7Jones, Gamecock Ave.,&Suite 704 P.C. 7 GamecockSC Ave., Suite 704 Charleston, 29407 Charleston, SC 29407 Legare Bailey & Hinske LLC Legare Bailey & Hinske LLCSuite 100 1100 Queensborough Blvd., 1100 Queensborough Blvd., Suite 100 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Phone Phone Fax Fax Website Website 864-242-3370

864-242-3370 864-232-7161 864-232-7161 www.elliottdavis.com www.elliottdavis.com 864-288-5544 864-288-5544 864-234-8290 864-234-8290 www.dhgllp.com www.dhgllp.com 864-577-8810 864-577-8810 864-577-8811 864-577-8811 www.pwc.com www.pwc.com 864-242-5740 864-242-5740 864-298-6414 864-298-6414 www.ey.com www.ey.com 864-233-3981 864-233-3981 864-233-1616 864-233-1616 www.cbh.com www.cbh.com 803-231-3100 803-231-3100 803-231-3057 803-231-3057 www.grantthornton.com www.grantthornton.com 803-787-0003 803-787-0003 803-787-2299 803-787-2299 www.mcgregorcpa.com www.mcgregorcpa.com 803-771-8943 803-771-8943 803-771-8958 803-771-8958 www.bpscpas.com www.bpscpas.com 864-250-2600 864-250-2600 864-752-1781 864-752-1781 www.kpmg.com www.kpmg.com 864-233-0590 864-233-0590 864-271-6762 864-271-6762 www.bgcllc.com www.bgcllc.com 800-788-3193 800-788-3193 864-594-4365 864-594-4365 www.mthcpa.com www.mthcpa.com 843-766-5010 843-766-5010 843-766-5768 843-766-5768 www.fullservicecpa.com www.fullservicecpa.com 864-585-0176 864-585-0176 864-591-5785 864-591-5785 www.swaimbrown.com www.swaimbrown.com 803-256-6021 803-256-6021 803-256-8346 803-256-8346 www.scottandco.com www.scottandco.com 803-799-5810 803-799-5810 803-799-5554 803-799-5554 www.dsscpa.com www.dsscpa.com 864-232-5204 864-232-5204 864-232-5532 864-232-5532 www.gfhllp.com www.gfhllp.com 843-884-6184 843-884-6184 843-884-1354 843-884-1354 www.hrgcpas.com www.hrgcpas.com 803-799-0555 803-799-0555 803-799-4212 803-799-4212 www.hobbscpa.com www.hobbscpa.com 864-242-0656 864-242-0656 864-370-2643 864-370-2643 www.psbkcpas.com www.psbkcpas.com 803-771-0077 803-771-0077 803-771-0770 803-771-0770 www.ktwd.biz www.ktwd.biz 803-739-3090 803-739-3090 803-791-0834 803-791-0834 www.bbphcpa.com www.bbphcpa.com 843-571-3114 843-571-3114 INP INP www.jonespounder.com www.jonespounder.com 843-766-0400 843-766-0400 843-375-0800 843-375-0800 www.lbhcpas.com www.lbhcpas.com

CPAs/ CPAs/ Total Total Employees Employees 162 162 310 310

Managing Partner(s) Managing Partner(s) Richard E. Davis, Michael RichardMcGuigan E. Davis, Michael McGuigan

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Assurance and reporting, advisory, tax planning and compliance, accounting and financial strategic planning, business valuation, and financial reporting,due strategic planning, business valuation, wealth management, diligence for financial transactions wealth management, due diligence for financial transactions Audit/assurance; income and sales/use tax compliance/consulting; Audit/assurance; income and sales/use tax services; compliance/consulting; corporate governance; transaction advisory due diligence; corporate transaction advisory services; dueadvisory diligence; forensic,governance; litigation support and valuations; IT risk and forensic, litigation support and valuations; IT risk and advisory

1925 1925

130 130 208 208

Mark S. Crocker, Mike Mark S. Crocker, Mike Trammell, Tricia Wilson Trammell, Tricia Wilson

60 60 72 72

Margaret Young Margaret Young

Assurance, tax, business advisory and transaction services Assurance, tax, business advisory and transaction services

1994 1994

50 50 65 65

Philip R. Snipes Philip R. Snipes

Audit, tax, mergers and acquisitions, business valuations Audit, tax, mergers and acquisitions, business valuations

1926 1926

40 40 65 65

J. Bradley Campbell J. Bradley Campbell

Audit, tax, consulting Audit, tax, consulting

1947 1947

28 28 38 38

Mark Ballew Mark Ballew

27 27 50 50

Gerald D. Skipper Gerald D. Skipper

22 22 38 38

Kenneth H. Bauknight Kenneth H. Bauknight

21 21 44 44 20 20 36 36 20 20 40 40

1981 1981

Audit and assurance; tax; business advisory services; recovery and Audit and assurance; tax; business advisory reorganization; valuation; compensation andservices; benefits; recovery forensic and reorganization; valuation; compensation and benefits; forensic and investigative services investigative services Accounting, auditing, tax planning/preparation, estate planning and Accounting, auditing, tax planning/preparation, estate planning preparation, financial planning, bookkeeping, nonprofit and and preparation, financial planning, bookkeeping, nonprofit and governmental auditing, business valuations governmental auditing, business valuations Auditing/attestation services, tax compliance/planning, estate/ Auditing/attestation services, tax compliance/planning, estate/ financial planning, merger/acquisition services, business valuations, financial planning, services, business valuations, consulting,merger/acquisition bankruptcy services, litigation support consulting, bankruptcy services, litigation support

1930 1930

Terry Grayson-Caprio Terry Grayson-Caprio

Audit, tax and advisory Audit, tax and advisory

1958 1958

Roger Duncan, Pete Tiffany Roger Duncan, Pete Tiffany

Auditing, attestation, business advising, tax planning and Auditing, attestation, business advising, tax planning and preparation, business valuation, preparation, business valuation, litigation support litigation support

1980 1980

Tax, audit, assurance, financial statements, consulting Tax, audit, assurance, financial statements, consulting

1952 1952

Eddie McAbee, Chuck EddieStan McAbee, Chuck Talbert, Halliday, Bruce Talbert, StanRandy Halliday, Bruce Schwartz, Thomas Schwartz, Randy Thomas

1978 1978

1991 1991

16 16 32 32

J. Scott Keim J. Scott Keim

14 14 24 24

N. Randolph Scott N. Randolph Scott

Business sales and acquisition consultation, business valuation, tax Business sales and preparation, acquisition consultation, business valuation, tax planning litigation support, attestation, planning and preparation, litigation support, attestation, bankruptcy services bankruptcy services Financial statements, tax, business advisory/consulting, outsourced Financial statements, tax, business advisory/consulting, outsourced CFO, mergers/acquisitions, business valuations, litigation support, CFO, mergers/acquisitions, business valuations, litigation support, investments, employee benefit plans, small business services investments, employee benefit plans, small business services Assurance, tax, advisory, audit, review, compilation, small business Assurance, tax,services, advisory,real audit, review, estate costcompilation, segregation small business services, real estate cost segregation

13 13 29 29

Dave Masters Dave Masters

Accounting and auditing, consulting, litigation support, taxes, small Accounting andservices, auditing,business consulting, litigationfinancial support,planning taxes, small business valuations, business services, business valuations, financial planning

1950 1950

10 10 21 21

Larry Finney Larry Finney

Tax, audit, advisory, bookkeeping, payroll, review, compilation Tax, audit, advisory, bookkeeping, payroll, review, compilation

1996 1996

10 10 20 20

John F. Hyland, Tom E, John F. Garbett Hyland, Tom E, Garbett

Accounting and auditing, tax planning and preparation, small Accountingbusiness and auditing, tax planning and preparation, small consulting, QuickBooks training business consulting, QuickBooks training

1980 1980

9 9 24 24

Mark Hobbs Mark Hobbs

Audits, attestation, small business services, taxes, litigation, Audits, attestation, business services, taxes, litigation, consulting, businesssmall succession planning, business valuation consulting, business succession planning, business valuation

1986 1986

9 9 15 15

Dick W. King Dick W. King

Assurance and advisory, accounting, tax, consulting, valuations, Assurance and advisory,estate accounting, tax, consulting, valuations, planning estate planning

1976 1976

8 8 14 14

Stephen Kirkland, Frank StephenStarlene Kirkland,Watson, Frank Thomas, Thomas, Starlene Dale DychesWatson, Dale Dyches

7 87 8

Kerry Brown Kerry Brown

7 7 13 13

Douglas Pounder, Harry DouglasDouglas Pounder, Harry Jones, Szubski Jones, Douglas Szubski

7 97 9

Daniel Legare, Mark Bailey, DanielJoseph Legare,A Mark HinskeBailey, Joseph A Hinske

Audits, business valuations, forensic accounting, litigation support, Audits, business valuations, forensiccompensation accounting, litigation support, tax consulting and preparation, consulting, IT tax consulting and preparation, compensation consulting, IT services services Income tax planning and preparation; estate and gift tax; taxIncome tax planning and preparation; and gift tax; audits; taxexempt filings; commercial, not-for-profitestate and government exempt commercial, not-for-profit andpayroll, government audits; businessfilings; consulting and business valuation; bookkeeping business consulting and business valuation; payroll, bookkeeping and write-up; investment advising and write-up; investment advising Audit of government contractors, employee benefit plans, not-forAudit government contractors, employee benefit plans, not-forprofitofentities, and Housing and Urban Development multifamily profit entities, andpeer Housing andbusiness Urban Development multifamily housing entities; review; services; corporate and housing entities;individual peer review; business services; corporate and tax returns; consulting individual tax returns; consulting Tax preparation and planning, business valuation, estate and trust Tax preparation and planning, business valuation,accounting estate andand trust planning and compliance, business consulting, planning and compliance, auditing,business litigationconsulting, support accounting and auditing, litigation support

20 20 44 44

John B. Beauston John B. Beauston

INP=Information not provided. NR=Not ranked. N/A=Not applicable.

INP=Information not provided.

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1993 1993 1952 1952 1995 1995

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Banks

Ranked by Statewide Market Share

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Company Company

Wells Wells Fargo Fargo 16 16 Broad Broad St. St. Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29401 29401 Bank of America Bank of America N.A. N.A. 1901 1901 Main Main St. St. Columbia, Columbia, SC SC 29201 29201 BB&T BB&T (Branch (Branch Banking Banking and and Trust Trust Co.) Co.) 1901 1901 Assembly Assembly St. St. Columbia, SC 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 First First Citizens Citizens Bank Bank and and Trust Trust Co. Co. 1230 1230 Main Main St. St. Columbia, SC 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 TD Bank Bank B B TD P.O. P.O. Box Box 1029 1029 Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29602 29602 NBSC, NBSC, aa division division of of Synovus Synovus Bank Bank 1221 1221 Main Main St. St. Columbia, SC 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 First First Federal Federal 2440 2440 Mall Mall Drive Drive North North Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29406 29406 SCBT N.A. SCBT N.A. 520 520 Gervais Gervais St. St. Columbia, Columbia, SC SC 29201 29201 SunTrust SunTrust Bank Bank 303 303 Peachtree Peachtree St. St. NE NE Atlanta, Atlanta, GA GA 30308 30308 The The Palmetto Palmetto Bank Bank 306 306 E. E. North North St. St. Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29609 29609 Regions Regions Bank Bank 290 290 S. S. Pleasantburg Pleasantburg Drive Drive Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29607 29607 Conway Conway National National Bank Bank 1400 1400 Third Third Ave. Ave. Conway, Conway, SC SC 29526 29526 Security Security Federal Federal Bank Bank 100 100 Laurens Laurens St. St. SW SW Aiken, Aiken, SC SC 29801 29801 Horry Horry County County State State Bank Bank P.O. P.O. Box Box 218 218 Loris, Loris, SC SC 29569 29569 CapitalBank CapitalBank P.O. P.O. Box Box 218 218 Greenwood, Greenwood, SC SC 29648 29648 First First Palmetto Palmetto Savings Savings Bank Bank F.S.B. F.S.B. P.O. P.O. Box Box 430 430 Camden, SC 29021 Camden, SC 29021 Capital Capital Bank Bank 215 215 N. N. Pine Pine St. St. Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC SC 29302 29302 Plantation Plantation Federal Federal Bank Bank P.O. Box 3848 P.O. Box 3848 Pawleys Island, SC 29585 Pawleys Island, SC 29585 Southern Southern First First Bank Bank N.A. N.A. dba dba Greenville Greenville First First Bank Bank P.O. Box 17465 P.O. Box 17465 Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29606 29606 Arthur Arthur State State Bank Bank P.O. Box 769 P.O. Box 769 Union, Union, SC SC 29379 29379 First First Reliance Reliance Bank Bank 2170 W. Palmetto 2170 W. Palmetto St. St. Florence, SC 29501 Florence, SC 29501 Tidelands Tidelands Bank Bank 875 875 Lowcountry Lowcountry Blvd.

Blvd.

Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, SC SC 29464 29464

Phone Phone Fax Fax Website Website

843-937-4550 843-937-4550 INP INP www.wellsfargo.com www.wellsfargo.com 888-287-4637 888-287-4637 INP INP www.bankofamerica.com www.bankofamerica.com 803-251-1440 803-251-1440 803-251-1770 803-251-1770 www.bbt.com www.bbt.com 803-771-8700 803-771-8700 803-733-2031 803-733-2031 www.firstcitizensonline.com www.firstcitizensonline.com 888-751-9000 888-751-9000 INP INP www.tdbank.com www.tdbank.com 803-929-2010 803-929-2010 803-929-2167 803-929-2167 www.banknbsc.com www.banknbsc.com 843-529-5800 843-529-5800 843-529-5883 843-529-5883 www.firstfederal.com www.firstfederal.com 803-771-2265 803-771-2265 803-231-3388 803-231-3388 www.scbtonline.com www.scbtonline.com 800-786-8787 800-786-8787 INP INP www.suntrust.com www.suntrust.com 864-984-8300 864-984-8300 864-250-6074 864-250-6074 www.palmettobank.com www.palmettobank.com 864-233-7989 864-233-7989 864-370-1779 864-370-1779 www.regions.com www.regions.com 843-248-7118 843-248-7118 INP INP www.conwaynationalbank.com www.conwaynationalbank.com 866-851-3000 866-851-3000 INP INP www.securityfederalbank.com www.securityfederalbank.com 843-716-4272 843-716-4272 843-716-6136 843-716-6136 www.hcsbaccess.com www.hcsbaccess.com 864-941-8200 864-941-8200 864-943-3800 864-943-3800 www.capitalbanksc.com www.capitalbanksc.com 803-432-2265 803-432-2265 803-432-0193 803-432-0193 www.firstpalmetto.com www.firstpalmetto.com 800-308-3971 800-308-3971 864-948-0001 864-948-0001 www.capitalbank-us.com www.capitalbank-us.com 843-237-3404 843-237-3404 843-237-4835 843-237-4835 www.plantationfederal.com www.plantationfederal.com 864-679-9000 864-679-9000 864-679-9099 864-679-9099 www.greenvillefirst.com www.greenvillefirst.com 864-427-1213 864-427-1213 864-429-8537 864-429-8537 www.arthurstatebank.com www.arthurstatebank.com 843-656-5000 843-656-5000 843-662-8373 843-662-8373 www.firstreliance.com www.firstreliance.com 843-388-8433 843-388-8433 843-388-8081 843-388-8081 www.tidelandsbank.com www.tidelandsbank.com

Market Market Share Share

Market Market Deposits Deposits ($000) ($000)

S.C. S.C. Offices Offices

Top Top Official(s) Official(s)

Year Year Founded Founded

16.64% 16.64%

$11,688,628 $11,688,628

150 150

John John G. G. Stumpf Stumpf

1870 1870

11.82% 11.82%

$8,306,290 $8,306,290

113 113

Kim Kim A. A. Wilkerson, Wilkerson, Bill Bill Gibson Gibson

1904 1904

8.82% 8.82%

$6,194,086 $6,194,086

116 116

Mike Mike R. R. Brenan, Brenan, J. J. Frank Frank Bullard Bullard III, III, Tom Tom Eller Eller

1872 1872

8.34% 8.34%

$5,860,719 $5,860,719

168 168

Jim Jim B. B. Apple, Apple, Peter Peter M. M. Bristow, Bristow, Sharon Sharon Bryant Bryant

1936 1936

7.24% 7.24%

$5,087,477 $5,087,477

83 83

Rob Rob Hoak, Hoak, David David Lominack, Lominack, W. W. Dixon Dixon Woodward Woodward

1852 1852

5.31% 5.31%

$3,731,917 $3,731,917

45 45

Chuck Chuck W. W. Garnett Garnett

1905 1905

3.12% 3.12%

$2,190,949 $2,190,949

56 56

R. R. Wayne Wayne Hall Hall

1934 1934

2.88% 2.88%

$2,022,026 $2,022,026

49 49 C C

John John Windley, Windley, Jack Jack Goettee Goettee

1933 1933

2.78% 2.78%

$1,956,172 $1,956,172

68 68

William William H. H. Peele Peele

1891 1891

1.70% 1.70%

$1,192,777 $1,192,777

33 33

Samuel Samuel L. L. Erwin Erwin

1906 1906

1.59% 1.59%

$1,115,537 $1,115,537

36 36

Christopher Christopher Riley Riley

1928 1928

1.04% 1.04%

$732,295 $732,295

15 15

W. W. Jennings Jennings Duncan Duncan

1914 1914

0.96% 0.96%

$672,706 $672,706

12 12

J. J. Chris Chris Verenes, Verenes, Frank Frank M. M. Thomas Thomas Jr. Jr.

1922 1922

0.88% 0.88%

$621,330 $621,330

14 14

Jimmy Jimmy Clarkson Clarkson

1988 1988

0.84% 0.84%

$590,259 $590,259

18 18

William William G. G. Stevens Stevens

1989 1989

0.83% 0.83%

$581,380 $581,380

21 21

Samuel Samuel R. R. Small Small

1904 1904

0.78% 0.78%

$550,891 $550,891

12 12

R. R. Eugene Eugene Taylor, Taylor, Rick Rick Manley Manley

2010 2010

0.78% 0.78%

$549,471 $549,471

99

J. J. Edward Edward Norris Norris III III

1986 1986

0.77% 0.77%

$542,181 $542,181

66

R. R. Arthur Arthur Seaver, Seaver, F. F. Justin Justin Strickland Strickland

2000 2000

0.77% 0.77%

$539,614 $539,614

23 23

J. J. Carlisle Carlisle Oxner Oxner III III

1933 1933

0.72% 0.72%

$508,766 $508,766

66

Rick Rick Saunders Saunders

1999 1999

0.72% 0.72%

$507,067 $507,067

77

Thomas Thomas H. H. Lyles Lyles

2003 2003

INP=Information INP=Information not not provided. provided. NR=Not NR=Not ranked. ranked. N/A=Not N/A=Not applicable. applicable. Source: Source: FDIC FDIC summary summary of of deposits deposits for for 2010 2010 and and market market share share report report for for deposits deposits as as of of June June 30, 30, 2010.

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Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Gallivan White & Boyd P.A. Gallivan White & Boyd P.A. P.O. Box 10589 P.O. Box 10589 Greenville, SC 29603 Greenville, SC 29603 Young Clement Rivers LLP Young P.O. BoxClement 993 Rivers LLP P.O. Box 993SC 29402 Charleston, Charleston, SC 29402 Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A. Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims 1501 Main St., Fifth FloorP.A. 1501 MainSC St.,29201 Fifth Floor Columbia, Columbia, SC 29201 Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman LLC LLC 1037 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Building A 1037 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Building A Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Wyche P.A. Wyche P.A. 44 E. Camperdown Way 44 E. Camperdown Greenville, SC 29601Way Greenville, SC 29601 Richardson Plowden & Robinson P.A. Richardson Plowden & Robinson P.A. P.O. Drawer 7788 P.O. DrawerSC7788 Columbia, 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 Collins & Lacy P.C. Collins & Lacy P.C. Floor 1330 Lady St., Sixth 1330 LadySC St.,29201 Sixth Floor Columbia, Columbia, SC 29201 Clawson & Staubes LLC Clawson Staubes LLCSuite 200 126 Seven&Farms Drive, 126 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 200 Charleston, SC 29492 Charleston, SC 29492 Moore & Van Allen PLLC Moore & Van 40 Calhoun St.,Allen SuitePLLC 300 40 Calhoun SC St.,29401 Suite 300 Charleston, Charleston, SC 29401 Willson Jones Carter & Baxley P.A. Willson Jones CarterDrive & Baxley P.A. 872 S. Pleasantburg 872 S. Pleasantburg Greenville, SC 29607Drive Greenville, SC 29607 Hood Law Firm LLC HoodMeeting Law Firm 172 St. LLC 172 MeetingSC St.29401 Charleston, Charleston, SC 29401 Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP Carlock, Copeland Stair LLP 40 Calhoun St., Suite&400 40 Calhoun SC St.,29401 Suite 400 Charleston, Charleston, SC 29401

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803-799-2000 803-256-7500 803-256-7500 www.nelsonmullins.com www.nelsonmullins.com 803-779-3080 803-779-3080 803-765-1243 803-765-1243 www.hsblawfirm.com www.hsblawfirm.com 803-771-8900 803-771-8900 803-253-8277 803-253-8277 www.nexsenpruet.com www.nexsenpruet.com 803-799-9800 803-799-9800 803-753-3278 803-753-3278 www.mcnair.net www.mcnair.net 803-254-2200 803-254-2200 803-799-3957 803-799-3957 www.turnerpadget.com www.turnerpadget.com 803-779-2300 803-779-2300 803-748-0526 803-748-0526 www.mgclaw.com www.mgclaw.com 864-255-5400 864-255-5400 864-255-5440 864-255-5440 www.wcsr.com www.wcsr.com 864-271-1300 864-271-1300 864-235-8806 864-235-8806 www.ogletreedeakins.com www.ogletreedeakins.com 803-771-7900 803-771-7900 803-343-7017 803-343-7017 www.rtt-law.com www.rtt-law.com 843-727-2650 843-727-2650 843-727-2680 843-727-2680 www.parkerpoe.com www.parkerpoe.com 843-216-9000 843-216-9000 843-216-9450 843-216-9450 www.motleyrice.com www.motleyrice.com 864-271-9580 864-271-9580 864-271-7502 864-271-7502 www.gwblawfirm.com www.gwblawfirm.com 843-577-4000 843-577-4000 843-724-6600 843-724-6600 www.ycrlaw.com www.ycrlaw.com 803-254-4190 803-254-4190 803-779-4749 803-779-4749 www.ellislawhorne.com www.ellislawhorne.com 843-727-6500 843-727-6500 843-216-6509 843-216-6509 www.rpwb.com www.rpwb.com 864-242-8200 864-242-8200 864-235-8900 864-235-8900 www.wyche.com www.wyche.com 803-771-4400 803-771-4400 803-779-0016 803-779-0016 www.richardsonplowden.com www.richardsonplowden.com 803-256-2660 803-256-2660 803-771-4484 803-771-4484 www.collinsandlacy.com www.collinsandlacy.com 843-577-2026 843-577-2026 843-722-2867 843-722-2867 www.clawsonandstaubes.com www.clawsonandstaubes.com 843-579-7000 843-579-7000 843-579-7099 843-579-7099 www.mvalaw.com www.mvalaw.com 864-527-3270 864-527-3270 864-235-6015 864-235-6015 www.wjcblaw.net www.wjcblaw.net 843-577-4435 843-577-4435 843-722-1630 843-722-1630 www.hoodlaw.com www.hoodlaw.com 843-727-0307 843-727-0307 843-727-2995 843-727-2995 www.carlockcopeland.com www.carlockcopeland.com

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Other Office Locations Other Office Locations

Year Year Founded Founded

David E. Dukes David E. Dukes

Myrtle Beach, Greenville, Charleston Myrtle Beach, Greenville, Charleston

1897 1897

132 132 266 266

Anne S. Ellefson, John B. Anne S. Ellefson, B. McArthur, John H.John Tiller McArthur, John H. Tiller

Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Washington D.C. Myrtle Beach, Washington D.C.

1887 1887

127 127 165 165

John Sowards, Leighton Lord John Sowards,IIILeighton Lord III

Greenville, Charleston, Hilton Head Island, Myrtle Greenville, Charleston,Beach Hilton Head Island, Myrtle Beach

1945 1945

112 112 268 268

David J. Tigges David J. Tigges

Anderson, Bluffton, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Anderson, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head Island, Bluffton, Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island, Charlotte Head Island, Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island, Charlotte

1971 1971

90 90 209 209

Edward W. Laney IV Edward W. Laney IV

Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Myrtle Beach Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Myrtle Beach

1929 1929

70 70 142 142

James R. Courie James R. Courie

Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach

1995 1995

65 65 131 131

D. Allen Grumbine, Henry B. D. Allen Grumbine, Smythe Henry B. Smythe

Charleston Charleston

1999 1999

61 61 139 139

Michael W. Shetterly Michael W. Shetterly

Charleston, Columbia Charleston, Columbia

1977 1977

58 58 319 319

Charlotte, Charleston, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Charlotte, Charleston, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Islands

1990 1990

54 54 35 35

Robert Bryan Barnes, RobertC.Bryan Barnes, Samuel Waters, Michael Samuel C.Graham Waters, Michael Graham Robert C. Byrd, William P. Robert Farthing C. Byrd, William P. Jr. Farthing Jr.

Columbia, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg Columbia, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg

2004 2004

46 46 200 200

Ronald L. Motley, Joe Rice Ronald L. Motley, Joe Rice

Los Angeles, Hartford, Conn., Washington, D.C., LosYork Angeles, Hartford, Conn., New City, Providence, R.I., Washington, Morgantown,D.C., W.Va. New York City, Providence, R.I., Morgantown, W.Va.

2003 2003

43 43 55 55

C. William McGee C. William McGee

Charlotte Charlotte

1948 1948

37 37 66 66

Wilbur E. Johnson Wilbur E. Johnson

INP INP

1855 1855

34 34 46 46

William P. McElveen Jr. William P. McElveen Jr.

INP INP

1979 1979

33 33 80 80

Dave Butler, Charles Patrick, Dave Butler, ChrisCharles Tuck Patrick, Chris Tuck

Barnwell, Charleston Barnwell, Charleston

2002 2002

33 33 62 62

Wallace K. Lightsey Wallace K. Lightsey

Columbia Columbia

1891 1891

32 32 55 55

Steven J. Pugh Steven J. Pugh

Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach

1973 1973

30 30 43 43

Gray T. Culbreath Gray T. Culbreath

Greenville, Myrtle Beach Greenville, Myrtle Beach

1984 1984

29 29 47 47

Samuel R. Clawson Samuel R. Clawson

Charlotte Charlotte

1975 1975

29 29 21 21

Donald B. Meyer Donald B. Meyer

Charlotte, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Charlotte, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

1997 1997

27 27 62 62

Harold J. Willson, Jr. Harold J. Willson, Jr.

Columbia, Mount Pleasant, Charlotte, Raleigh, N.C. Columbia, Mount Pleasant, Charlotte, Raleigh, N.C.

2002 2002

26 26 28 28

Robert H. Hood, Molly Hood Robert H. Hood, CraigMolly Hood Craig

INP INP

1985 1985

23 23 20 20

N. Keith Emge Jr. N. Keith Emge Jr.

Atlanta Atlanta

2000 2000

286 286 265 265

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Phillips Phillips Staffing Staffing 330 330 Pelham Pelham Road, Road, Suite Suite AA Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29615 29615

864-242-4144 864-242-4144 864-271-8499 864-271-8499 www.phillipsstaffing.com www.phillipsstaffing.com

85 85

Manufacturing, Manufacturing, logistics, logistics, automotive, automotive, aerospace, aerospace, call call centers, centers, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, administrative, administrative, professional professional

Human Human Technologies Technologies Inc. Inc. 300 300 E. E. Coffee Coffee St. St. Greenville, SC 29601 Greenville, SC 29601

864-467-0330 864-467-0330 864-467-0326 864-467-0326 www.htijobs.com www.htijobs.com

Blanton Blanton Phillips, Phillips, Ed Ed Parris, Parris, Donna Donna Gaddis, Gaddis, Pat Pat Fountain Fountain 1968 1968

74 74

Engineering, Engineering, automotive, automotive, supply supply chain chain management, management, accounting, accounting, administrative, administrative, maintenance, maintenance, human human resources, resources, sales sales

Herb Herb W. W. Dew Dew 1999 1999

Aerotek Aerotek Inc. Inc. 5965 5965 Core Core Road, Road, Suite Suite 621 621 North North Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29406 29406

843-746-5800 843-746-5800 843-746-5790 843-746-5790 www.aerotek.com www.aerotek.com

65 65

Customer Customer service, service, administrative, administrative, accounting, accounting, purchasing, purchasing, human human resources, resources, finance, finance, mortgage, mortgage, manufacturing, manufacturing, general general labor, labor, assembly, assembly, shipping and receiving, skilled trades, engineering and design, shipping and receiving, skilled trades, engineering and design, architecture, architecture, software software engineering, engineering, defense defense industry industry

Michael Michael Norton, Norton, Thomas Thomas Bohrnstedt Bohrnstedt 2000 2000

50 50

Office Office support, support, accounting accounting and and finance, finance, information information technology, technology, professional professional placement, placement, human human resources resources consulting consulting

Melanie Melanie Hudson Hudson 1982 1982

30 30

Scientific, Scientific, engineering, engineering, information information technology, technology, health health care, care, distribution distribution center, center, call call center, center, law, law, finance, finance, manufacturing, manufacturing, insurance insurance

Judy Judy Hodges Hodges 1972 1972

864-234-2500 864-234-2500 864-235-2554 864-235-2554 www.snelling.com/greenville www.snelling.com/greenville

23 23

Office, Office, clerical, clerical, light light industrial, industrial, sales, sales, marketing, marketing, medical, medical, finance, finance, accounting, accounting, manufacturing, manufacturing, distribution distribution

Stephen Stephen E. E. Terry Terry 2003 2003

803-806-8125 803-806-8125 803-806-8135 803-806-8135 www.recruitingsolutionsonline.com www.recruitingsolutionsonline.com

21 21

Professional Professional placement, placement, administrative administrative support, support, clinical clinical and and nonclinical nonclinical health health care, care, skilled skilled manufacturing manufacturing

Trey Trey Smoak, Smoak, Christine Christine DeGood DeGood 1997 1997

803-772-8046 803-772-8046 803-750-4177 803-750-4177 www.gallmanpersonnel.com www.gallmanpersonnel.com

20 20

Temporary Temporary and and temp-to-hire temp-to-hire division; division; health health care, care, administrative, administrative, light light industrial industrial

803-738-0066 803-738-0066 803-738-0074 803-738-0074 www.dpprofessionals.com www.dpprofessionals.com

Charles Charles Gallman, Gallman, Karen Karen McVittie, McVittie, Mary Mary Jane Jane Sorrell Sorrell 1985 1985

18 18

Information Information technology, technology, computer computer technology technology

Barbara Barbara Blau Blau 1996 1996

864-242-3491 864-242-3491 864-242-5658 864-242-5658 www.sccareersearch.com www.sccareersearch.com

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Professional, Professional, administrative administrative support, support, accounting, accounting, banking banking and and financial, financial, health health care, care, insurance, insurance, legal, legal, manufacturing manufacturing management management and and support, support, sales and sales management, customer service, engineering sales and sales management, customer service, engineering

Julie Julie Godshall Godshall Brown, Brown, Ginny Beach, Ginny Beach, Drew Drew Brown Brown 1968 1968

17 17

Forklift Forklift and and other other powered powered industrial industrial truck truck operators operators

Laura Laura Mims Mims Wolfe Wolfe 1999 1999

16 16

Skilled Skilled trades, trades, industrial, industrial, manufacturing manufacturing

Will Will M. M. Jones Jones 2006 2006

16 16

Industrial, Industrial, manufacturing, manufacturing, distribution, distribution, logistics, logistics, health health care, care, accounting, accounting, finance, finance, information information technology, technology, office office and and clerical clerical

Ray Ray A. A. Lattimore Lattimore 1996 1996

15 15

Light Light industrial, industrial, manufacturing, manufacturing, general general labor, labor, clerical clerical

Jan Jan Cappellini Cappellini INP INP

14 14

Medical Medical device device permanent permanent placement placement

Tony Tony Bishop Bishop 2000 2000

12 12

Hospitality, Hospitality, administrative, administrative, professional, professional, golf golf course, course, construction construction

Kevin Kevin J. J. Kowal Kowal 2002 2002

12 12

Human Human resources resources outsourcing, outsourcing, payroll payroll and and tax tax administration, administration, financial financial accounting, accounting, employee employee benefits, benefits, business business and and health health insurance, insurance, employment employment dispute dispute services, services, work work opportunity opportunity tax tax credits credits

Robert Robert Berman Berman 2001 2001

10 10

Skilled Skilled trades, trades, light light and and heavy heavy industrial, industrial, clerical, clerical, professional professional

Eva Eva Payne Payne 1995 1995

803-719-8057 803-719-8057 803-788-1509 803-788-1509 www.fpccolumbia.com www.fpccolumbia.com

10 10

Manufacturing Manufacturing and and distribution distribution executives, executives, permanent permanent placement placement only only

Robert Robert A. A. Thompson, Thompson, Lentz Lentz Ivey Ivey 1980 1980

864-288-0011 864-288-0011 864-288-5567 864-288-5567

99

Retail, Retail, health health care, care, manufacturing, manufacturing, finance finance

Dannie Dannie A. A. Newell Newell 2001 2001

803-750-0077 803-750-0077 803-750-0070 803-750-0070 www.carolinapersonnel.net www.carolinapersonnel.net

88

Direct Direct hire, hire, temp, temp, temp-to-hire; temp-to-hire; clerical, clerical, administrative, administrative, data data entry, entry, medical-clinical, medical-clinical, nursing, nursing, medical medical assistant, assistant, hospitals hospitals and and physician physician offices, offices, warehouse, warehouse, light light industrial, industrial, assembly, assembly, manufacturing manufacturing

Howard Howard L. L. Chapman Chapman 1986 1986

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FGP FGP International International 190 190 Knox Knox Abbott Abbott Drive, Drive, Suite Suite B B Cayce, Cayce, SC SC 29033 29033 Kelly Services Inc. Kelly Services Inc. 528 528 Howell Howell Road, Road, Suite Suite 10 10 Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29615 29615 Snelling Staffing & Professional Snelling Staffing & Professional Services Services 1175 1175 Woods Woods Crossing Crossing Road, Road, Suite Suite 44 Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29607 29607 Recruiting Recruiting Solutions Solutions // RSI RSI Healthcare Healthcare 1441 1441 Main Main St., St., Suite Suite 890 890 Columbia, Columbia, SC SC 29201 29201 Gallman Gallman Personnel Personnel Services Services Inc. Inc. 1360 1360 Browning Browning Road Road Columbia, SC 29210 Columbia, SC 29210 DP DP Professionals Professionals Inc. Inc. 3741 3741 Landmark Landmark Drive, Drive, Suite Suite 200 200 Columbia, Columbia, SC SC 29204 29204 Godshall Godshall Professional Professional Recruiting Recruiting & & Staffing Staffing P.O. Box 1984 P.O. Box 1984 Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29602 29602 ProLogistix ProLogistix 3740 3740 Fernandina Fernandina Road, Road, Suite Suite B B Columbia, Columbia, SC SC 29210 29210 Kudzu Kudzu Staffing Staffing 108 108 Clair Clair Drive Drive Piedmont, Piedmont, SC SC 29673 29673 Marketplace Marketplace Staffing Staffing Services Services Inc. Inc. 200 200 Adley Adley Way Way Greenville, SC 29607 Greenville, SC 29607 Alternative Alternative Staffing Staffing Inc. Inc. 1505 1505 Remount Remount Road Road North Charleston, North Charleston, SC SC 29406 29406 System System 11 Search Search of of the the Carolinas Carolinas 3445 3445 Pelham Pelham Road, Road, Suite Suite C C Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29615 29615 Coastal Coastal Connections Connections Inc. Inc. 11 Matthews Matthews Pointe, Pointe, Suite Suite 115 115 Hilton Hilton Head Head Island, Island, SC SC 29926 29926 Professional Services Group Professional Services Group Ltd. Ltd. 125-D 125-D Wappoo Wappoo Creek Creek Drive, Drive, Suite Suite 11 Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29412 29412 Dycos Dycos Staffing Staffing 3014 3014 White White Horse Horse Road Road Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29611 29611 Fortune Personnel Fortune Personnel Consultants Consultants of of Columbia Columbia Inc. Inc. 77 Technology Circle, Suite 450 Technology Circle, Suite 450 Columbia, Columbia, SC SC 29203 29203 MRI MRI -- The The Newell Newell Group Group 2082 2082 Woodruff Woodruff Road, Road, Suite Suite B B Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29607 29607 Carolina Personnel Services Carolina Personnel Services Inc. Inc. 810 810 Dutch Dutch Square Square Blvd., Blvd., Suite Suite 101 101 Columbia, Columbia, SC SC 29210 29210

803-783-3636 803-783-3636 803-451-7008 803-451-7008 www.fgp.com www.fgp.com 864-292-2888 864-292-2888 864-292-6886 864-292-6886 www.kellyservices.com www.kellyservices.com

803-798-1700 803-798-1700 803-750-0480 803-750-0480 www.prologistix.com www.prologistix.com 864-272-0181 864-272-0181 864-295-1210 864-295-1210 www.kudzustaffing.com www.kudzustaffing.com 864-286-3900 864-286-3900 864-286-3901 864-286-3901 www.marketplacestaffing.com www.marketplacestaffing.com 843-744-6040 843-744-6040 843-744-3020 843-744-3020 www.alternativestaffing.com www.alternativestaffing.com 864-528-5000 864-528-5000 864-627-0013 864-627-0013 www.system1search.net www.system1search.net 843-681-8099 843-681-8099 843-681-5870 843-681-5870 www.mycoastalconnections.com www.mycoastalconnections.com 843-795-9751 843-795-9751 843-795-0591 843-795-0591 www.psgltd.org www.psgltd.org 864-295-8639 864-295-8639 864-295-3545 864-295-3545 www.dycos.biz www.dycos.biz

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Ranked by Number of Statewide Registered Engineers Phone Fax Website

Statewide Engineers/ Employees

Top Local Official(s)

Area of Specialization

Year Founded

Fluor Corp.

100 Fluor Daniel Drive Greenville, SC 29607

864-281-6382 864-676-7545 www.fluor.com

250 2,346

Annette Allen

Oil/gas, government, power, industrial, infrastructure, operations/maintenance, equipment

1934

CH2M Hill P.O. Box 491 Spartanburg, SC 29304

864-578-2000 864-599-4117 www.ch2mhill.com

81 357

URS/BP Barber P.O. Box 1116 Columbia, SC 29202

803-254-4400 803-771-6676 www.bpbarber.com

51 136

864-458-3600 864-458-3700 www.amec.com

50 100

Program management, aviation, automotive, chemical, consumer products, energy, food and beverage, government and infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, water and wastewater Civil, water/wastewater, environmental, environmental and safety, solid waste, land planning/development, Keith McLeod, Don J. Hamburger health site design, transportation, urban and regional planning, surveying, GIS Industrial, power, biofuels, process engineering, Tom Dodson construction, project management

S&ME Inc. 281 Fairforest Way Greenville, SC 29607

864-232-8987 864-576-88730 www.smeinc.com

50 250

Bill Schwartz, Howard Perry, Forrest Foshee, Marty Baltzegar, Tommy Still

Davis & Floyd Inc. P.O. Box 428 Greenwood, SC 29649

864-229-5211 864-229-7844 www.davisfloyd.com

43 189

Jerry R. Timmons, Stephen L. Davis, Roland L. Powell

O'Neal Inc. P.O. Box 10269 Greenville, SC 29607

864-298-2000 864-298-6350 www.onealinc.com

40 120

Kevin C. Bean, Judy Castelberry

864-234-3000 864-234-3069 www.aecom.com

36 135

Roberta A. Hurley, Ralph Bouton

Engineering, environmental, water/wastewater, remediation, construction services

1985

The LPA Group Inc., a unit of Michael Baker Corp.

700 Huger St. Columbia, SC 29201

803-254-2211 803-779-0482 www.lpagroup.com

35 165

Arthur E. Parrish

Multidisciplinary architectural and engineering design

1981

URS Corp.

11 Brendan Way, Suite 140 Greenville, SC 29615

864-609-9111 864-609-9069 www.urscorp.com

30 322

Frank Curti

Environmental consulting, transportation engineering, urban development, wastewater and stormwater

1998

Wilbur Smith Associates P.O. Box 92 Columbia, SC 29201

803-758-4500 803-251-2926 www.wilbursmith.com

29 137

Robert B. Ferrell, M. Stevenson Smith

Transportation

1952

Ford Bacon & Davis LLC 481 Garlington Road Greenville, SC 29615

864-286-3567 864-254-5555 www.fbd.com

27 68

David Carlow

Alternative energy, process, industrial, electrical, civil, structural, planning, manufacturing, piping, power, chemical

2000

864-281-0030 864-281-0288 www.trcsolutions.com

19 62

Joel Roberts

Environment, energy, infrastructure

1977

803-254-5800 803-929-0334 www.flohut.com

18 50

David Beaty

INP

1984

843-566-0161 843-566-0162 www.adcengineering.com

17 49

Warren Pruitt, Rick Cook, Mark Dillon, Chris Cook, Greg Jones

864-298-0534 864-298-8018 www.swasc.com

17 41

Chris M. Watson, Joe Bryant

843-849-0200 843-849-0203 www.thomasandhutton.com

17 53

Kevin E. Shoemake, Tony Milton Woody, J. Mitchell Bohannon III

Residential, commercial and industrial site development, survey, GIS, transportation, land planning and landscape architecture

1985

843-266-0667 843-266-0669 www.bv.com

16 20

Jason Swartz

Civil and environmental

1986

864-288-1265 864-288-4430 www.blecorp.com

16 51

Daniel B. Bunnell, Thomas L. Lammons

Environmental, geotechnical and construction materials testing and special inspections; drilling; laboratory services

1996

864-987-1610 864-987-1615 www.ecslimited.com

16 30

Derek L. Clyburn, Stephen J. Gosselin

843-884-1234 843-884-9234 www.terracon.com

15 82

William R. Christopher

Geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, special inspections, environmental consulting, facilities engineering, industrial hygiene Site feasibility studies, hazardous materials assessments, geotechnical foundation testing, pavement design, vibration and noise evaluations, site-specific seismic hazard analysis, Chapter 1 & 17 special inspections

Company

AMEC E&C Services Inc. P.O. Box 27163 Greenville, SC 29616

AECOM Technical Services Inc. 10 Patewood Drive, Suite 500 Greenville, SC 29615

Florence & Hutcheson Inc. 501 Huger St. Columbia, SC 29201 ADC Engineering Inc. 1226 Yeamans Hall Road Hanahan, SC 29410 SeamonWhiteside & Associates Inc. 607 Pendleton St., Suite 100 Greenville, SC 29601 Thomas & Hutton P.O. Box 1522 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Black & Veatch 418 King St., Suite 301 Charleston, SC 29403 Bunnell-Lammons Engineering Inc. 6004 Ponders Court Greenville, SC 29615 ECS Carolinas LLP 1200 Woodruff Road, Suite H-12 Greenville, SC 29607 WPC, a Terracon Co. 1450 Fifth St. W. North Charleston, SC 29405

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Landscape architecture; civil engineering; structural engineering; building envelope, including roof, waterproofing and exterior walls; consulting; surveying; aviation Land planning; landscape architecture; civil engineering; urban, sports and recreation, garden, residential landscape and sustainable design

1923

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Company Company

LS3P Associates Ltd. LS3P1/2 Associates 205 King St. Ltd. 205 1/2 KingSCSt.29401 Charleston, Charleston, SC 29401 McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture LLC McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture LLC P.O. Box 5331 P.O. Box 5331SC 29304-5331 Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC 29304-5331 DesignStrategies LLC DesignStrategies 130 S. Main St. LLC 130 S. MainSCSt.29601 Greenville, Greenville, SC 29601 Watson Tate Savory Liollio Architecture Watson Tate Savory Architecture 1316 Washington St., Liollio Suite 100 1316 Washington St., Suite 100 Columbia, SC 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 CH2M Hill CH2M Hill491 P.O. Box P.O. Box 491 SC 29304 Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC 29304 Stevens & Wilkinson Stevens & Wilkinson 1501 Main St., Level G 1501 MainSC St.,29201 Level G Columbia, Columbia, SC 29201 Brennan Group LLC Brennan Group LLC 1233 Washington St., Suite 500 1233 Washington St., Suite 500 Columbia, SC 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 Thomas & Denzinger Architects Thomas & Denzinger Architects 73 1/2 State St. 73 1/2 StateSC St.29401 Charleston, Charleston, SC 29401 Craig Gaulden Davis Inc. Craig Gaulden P.O. Box 2527 Davis Inc. P.O. Box 2527 Greenville, SC 29602 Greenville, SC 29602 Stubbs Muldrow Herin Architects Stubbs Muldrow 400 Hibben St. Herin Architects 400 Hibben St. SC 29464 Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 CJMW Architecture CJMW 201 W. Architecture Main St. 201 W. Main Lexington, SCSt. 29072 Lexington, SC 29072 DP3 Architects Ltd. DP3 Architects 211 E. Broad St. Ltd. 211 E. Broad Greenville, SCSt. 29601 Greenville, SC 29601 Glick Boehm & Associates Inc. Glick Boehm & Associates Inc. 493 King St., Suite 100 493 King St.,SCSuite 100 Charleston, 29403 Charleston, SC 29403 JHS Architecture: Integrated Design JHS 1812Architecture: Lincoln St. Integrated Design 1812 Lincoln Columbia, SC St. 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 The LPA Group Inc., a unit of Michael Baker Corp.

The LPA Group 700 Huger St. Inc., a unit of Michael Baker Corp.

700 Huger SC St. 29201 Columbia, Columbia, SC 29201 GMK Associates Inc. GMK Inc.2100 1201 Associates Main St., Suite 1201 MainSC St.,29201 Suite 2100 Columbia, Columbia, SC 29201 Jumper Carter Sease Architects Jumper Carter 412 Meeting St. Sease Architects 412 Meeting St. SC 29169 West Columbia, West Columbia, SC 29169 MCA Architecture Inc. MCABox Architecture Inc. P.O. 6537 P.O. Box 6537 Greenville, SC 29606 Greenville, SC 29606 O'Neal Inc. O'Neal P.O. BoxInc. 10269 P.O. Box 10269 Greenville, SC 29607 Greenville, SC 29607 Batson Associates Inc. Batson Associates St. Inc. 415 W. Washington 415 W. Washington Greenville, SC 29601St. Greenville, SC 29601 Garvin Design Group GarvinLincoln DesignSt.Group 1209 1209 Lincoln Columbia, SC St. 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 Goff-D'Antonio Associates Ltd. Goff-D'Antonio 34 Radcliffe St. Associates Ltd. 34 RadcliffeSC St.29403 Charleston, Charleston, SC 29403 The Boudreaux Group The Boudreaux P.O. Box 5695 Group P.O. Box 5695 Columbia, SC 29250 Columbia, SC 29250

Phone Phone Fax Fax Website Website

843-577-4444 843-577-4444 843-722-4789 843-722-4789 www.ls3p.com www.ls3p.com 864-585-5678 864-585-5678 864-542-9451 864-542-9451 www.mcmillanpazdansmith.com www.mcmillanpazdansmith.com 864-527-6500 864-527-6500 864-527-6501 864-527-6501 www.designstrategies.net www.designstrategies.net 803-799-5181 803-799-5181 803-799-5757 803-799-5757 www.wtsliollio.com www.wtsliollio.com 864-578-2000 864-578-2000 864-599-4117 864-599-4117 www.ch2mhill.com www.ch2mhill.com 803-765-0320 803-765-0320 803-254-6209 803-254-6209 www.stevensandwilkinson.com www.stevensandwilkinson.com 803-788-7717 803-788-7717 803-788-7671 803-788-7671 www.brennansc.com www.brennansc.com 843-577-5373 843-577-5373 843-577-9503 843-577-9503 www.thomasanddenzinger.com www.thomasanddenzinger.com 864-242-0761 864-242-0761 864-233-2319 864-233-2319 www.cgdarch.com www.cgdarch.com 843-881-7642 843-881-7642 843-884-5021 843-884-5021 www.smha.com www.smha.com 803-957-9373 803-957-9373 803-957-4748 803-957-4748 www.cjmw.com www.cjmw.com 864-232-8200 864-232-8200 864-232-7587 864-232-7587 www.dp3architects.com www.dp3architects.com 843-577-6377 843-577-6377 843-722-1768 843-722-1768 www.glickboehm.com www.glickboehm.com 803-252-2400 803-252-2400 803-252-1630 803-252-1630 www.jhs-architects.com www.jhs-architects.com 803-254-2211 803-254-2211 803-779-0482 803-779-0482 www.lpagroup.com www.lpagroup.com 803-256-0000 803-256-0000 803-256-9610 803-256-9610 www.gmka.com www.gmka.com 803-791-1020 803-791-1020 803-791-1022 803-791-1022 www.jcsarchitects.com www.jcsarchitects.com 864-232-8204 864-232-8204 864-370-9359 864-370-9359 www.designmca.com www.designmca.com 864-298-2000 864-298-2000 864-298-6350 864-298-6350 www.onealinc.com www.onealinc.com 864-233-2232 864-233-2232 864-235-5318 864-235-5318 www.batsonassociates.com www.batsonassociates.com 803-212-1032 803-212-1032 803-212-1074 803-212-1074 www.garvindesigngroup.com www.garvindesigngroup.com 843-577-2163 843-577-2163 843-577-9754 843-577-9754 www.goffdantonio.com www.goffdantonio.com 803-799-0247 803-799-0247 803-771-6844 803-771-6844 www.boudreauxgroup.com www.boudreauxgroup.com

Architects/ Architects/ Total Total Employees Employees

Top Local Official(s) Top Local Official(s)

47 47 94 94

Frank E. Lucas, Thompson E. Frank E.George Lucas, Temple, Thompson E. Penney, Mary Penney, George Temple, Mary Beth Branham, Scott May Beth Branham, Scott May

38 38 102 102

Ron G. Smith, Brad B. Smith, Ron G.Joseph Smith,M.Brad B. Smith, Pazdan Joseph M. Pazdan

18 18 56 56

Benjamin T. Rook, David C. Benjamin T.Park Rook, David C. Park J. Sanders Tate, Michael S. J. Sanders Tate, Michael S. Watson, Thomas M. Savory, Watson, Thomas M. Savory, Regina R. Floyd, Ginnie Watson Regina R. Floyd, Ginnie Watson

17 17 33 33 13 13 357 357

Fred Brune Fred Brune

13 13 38 38

Robert T. Lyles, Keith RobertT.T.Ashby Lyles,Gressette, Keith Branham, Branham,Robby T. Ashby AullGressette, Robby Aull

12 12 18 18

James Brennan, Will Brennan James Brennan, Will Brennan

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Strategic planning, architecture, Strategic planning, architecture, interior architecture interior architecture Architecture, interior design, building Architecture, interior design, building modeling, LEED services, construction modeling, LEED services, construction administration, planning and administration, planning and programming programming Health care, research, corporate, Health care, research, corporate, commercial, institutional commercial, institutional

Year Year Founded Founded 1963 1963 1955 1955 2002 2002

Full architectural services, LEEDFull architectural services, LEEDcertified certified

2011 2011

Program management Program management

1923 1923

Architecture, engineering, interior Architecture, engineering, interior design design Master planning, design for criminal Master design for criminal justice,planning, commercial, senior living justice, commercial, living facilities and socialsenior housing facilities and social housing

1978 1978

Architecture Architecture

1973 1973

Architecture, planning, interior design Architecture, planning, interior design

1957 1957

Architecture, planning, sustainable Architecture, planning, design sustainable design

1990 1990

Architecture, engineering and interior Architecture, engineering design and interior design

1976 1976

1992 1992

8 8 12 12

Hermann Denzinger, James Hermann Denzinger, Thomas James Thomas Edward T. Zeigler Jr., David L. Edward T. Zeigler Jr., David L. Dixon, David R. Moore II, Scott Dixon, DavidS.R.Scott Moore II, Scott E. Powell, Simmons E. Powell, S. Scott Simmons Charles Muldrow, Sam Herin, Charles Muldrow,Judy SamDixon, Herin, Steve Graudin, Steve Graudin, Judy Dixon, Glenn Allison Glenn Allison Larry Wilund, Michael Kohn, Larry Wilund, Mike Michael Frick Kohn, Mike Frick

8 8 13 13

J. Michael Taylor J. Michael Taylor

Community, higher education, Community,historic, higher education, restaurants, recreation restaurants, historic, recreation

1984 1984

8 8 13 13

Myles I. Glick Myles I. Glick

Architecture, interior design, planning Architecture, interior design, planning

1981 1981

8 8 18 18

Douglas E. Fraser Douglas E. Fraser

8 8 165 165

Arthur E. Parrish Arthur E. Parrish

7 7 80 80

Thomas P. Monahan, J. Bruce Thomas P. Monahan, Bruce Barragan, Jeffrey L. J.Baker Barragan, Jeffrey L. Baker

7 7 21 21

Joel M. Carter, L. Todd Sease Joel M. Carter, L. Todd Sease

10 10 20 20 10 10 17 17

Keith M. Clarke, Georgia Keith M. Clarke,P.Georgia Coundoussias, Phillip Coundoussias, P. Phillip Campbell, T. Steven Berry, Campbell, T. Steven Berry, Marshall F. Clarke Marshall F. Clarke Kevin C. Bean, Judy KevinCastelberry C. Bean, Judy Castelberry

7 7 19 19

Health care, resort and multifamily, Health care,educational, resort and multifamily, corporate, interior and corporate, educational, interior and mechanical design mechanical design Architecture, planning, interior design, Architecture, planning, interior design, construction administration, constructionscience, administration, environmental engineering environmental science, engineering Engineering, planning, design-build, Engineering, services, planning,interior design-build, construction design construction services, interior design

1986 1986 1981 1981 1966 1966

Architecture, interiors, planning, civil Architecture,engineering interiors, planning, civil engineering

1929 1929

Architectural design, interior design, Architectural design, interior design, forensic architecture forensic architecture

1976 1976

Paul R. Cook, Jeff R. Fogle, Paul Louis R. Cook, Jeff R. III Fogle, P. Batson Louis P. Batson III Scott Lawton Garvin, Mark Scott Lawton Garvin, Mark Timbes, Scott Lambert, Terry Timbes, ScottDavid Lambert, Terry Buchmann, Sickinger Buchmann, David Sickinger

Industrial, process chemical, general Industrial, process chemical, general manufacturing, automotive, renewable manufacturing, automotive, renewable energy, pharmaceutical energy, pharmaceutical Health care planning and design, Health care planning and design, educational design, religious facilities educational design, religious facilities Commercial, education, sports and Commercial, education, and recreation, religious, civic,sports performing recreation, religious, arts civic, performing arts

6 6 11 11

R. Garey Goff R. Garey Goff

Architecture, interior design, planning Architecture, interior design, planning

1991 1991

5 5 13 13

Heather A. Mitchell, R. Randall Heather Mitchell, R. Randall Huth, A. John A. Boudreaux Huth, John A. Boudreaux

Architecture, interior design, planning, Architecture, interior design, planning, sustainable design, historic sustainable design, historic preservation preservation

1976 1976

7 7 120 120 6 6 11 11 6 6 12 12

LEED=Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. INP=Information not provided. NR=Not ranked.

LEED=Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. INP=Information not provided. NR=Not ranked.

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Company Colliers International P.O. Box 11610 Columbia, SC 29211 NAI Avant 1901 Main St., Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29206 NAI Earle Furman LLC 101 E. Washington St., Suite 400 Greenville, SC 29601 Grubb & Ellis Wilson Kibler 1111 Laurel St. Columbia, SC 29201 Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine 200 E. Broad St., Suite 200 Greenville, SC 29601 Prudential Commercial Real Estate, C. Dan Joyner Co. 24 Vardry St., Suite 401 Greenville, SC 29601 CB Richard Ellis Carmody LLC 134 Meeting St., Suite 510 Charleston, SC 29401 Grubb & Ellis WRS 550 Long Point Road Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Coppedge & Tison 1 Unity Alley, Suite 310 Charleston, SC 29401 Dial Dunlap & Edwards LLC 1122 Barnwell St. Columbia, SC 29201 The Beach Co. - Beach Commercial 211 King St., Suite 300 Charleston, SC 29401 Holcombe Fair & Lane P.O. Box 668 Charleston, SC 29402 The PrimeSouth Group LLC 418 King St., Suite 201 Charleston, SC 29412 Sadler Group LLC 22 Windermere Blvd.

Charleston, SC 29407 Carolina Commercial LLC 528 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 103 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Colonial Commercial 419 The Parkway, Suite 140 Greer, SC 29650 Kennerty Ratner & Tezza LLC 1035 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite B-11 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Landmark Enterprises Inc. 311 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 221 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 W.S. Commercial Real Estate LLC 111 Executive Pointe Blvd.

Columbia, SC 29210 Caldwell Commercial LLC P.O. Box 1504 Mount Pleasant, SC 29465 Johnson Development Associates Inc. P.O. Box 3524 Spartanburg, SC 29304 Meyer Kapp & Associates LLC 230 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 103 Charleston, SC 29492 Southern Shores Real Estate Group 1050 St. Andrews Blvd., Suite D Charleston, SC 29407

803-401-4231 803-252-4532 www.colliers.com 843-254-0100 803-744-9875 www.naiavant.com 864-232-9040 864-235-4300 www.naiearlefurman.com 803-779-8600 803-252-4323 www.wilsonkibler.com 864-250-2800 864-250-8848 www.cbccaine.com 864-233-7724 864-678-5333 www.joynercommercial.com 843-577-0702 843-577-0710 www.cbrecharleston.com 843-725-7200 843-725-7201 www.wrsrealty.com 843-724-0100 843-958-9757 www.coppedgetison.com 803-799-6244 803-799-4288 www.dderealestate.com 843-722-2615 843-722-6449 www.thebeachcompany.com 843-722-2642 843-720-5939 www.lowcountrylands.com 843-722-4450 843-722-4451 www.primesouthgroup.com 843-766-0261 843-766-3512 www.sadlergroup.net 843-805-6060 843-577-6656 www.carolinacre.com 864-334-4145 864-848-9891 www.colonialcommercialgroup.com 843-388-9818 843-388-9821 843-884-8166 843-884-6088 www.landmark-enterprises.com 803-731-9494 803-731-9495 www.wscrealestate.com 843-566-1888 843-554-8000 www.caldwellcommercial.com 864-585-2000 864-594-5998 www.johnsondevelopment.net 843-971-8600 843-971-8601 www.meyerkappassociates.com 843-225-2990 843-225-2992 www.searchsouthernhomes.com

Commercial Brokers Statewide

Top Local Official(s)

Specialization

Year Founded

37

John W. Folsom

Commercial real estate brokerage

1906

35

Todd Avant

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management, real estate development

1966

33

J. Earle Furman Jr.

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

1986

26

C. Marshall Kibler, Jeremy G. Wilson, Billy Way

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

1987

18

Brad Halter, Frank Halter

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

1933

13

C. Dan Joyner Jr., Matt Carter

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management, real estate development

1964

12

Charles S. Carmody

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

1992

10

Chris B. Fraser, Jeremy Willits

Commercial real estate brokerage

1989

8

John Tison

Commercial real estate brokerage

2001

8

Michael C. Edwards

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

1985

7

John C.L. Darby

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

1945

7

Charles G. Lane

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management, real estate development

1927

7

Christopher L. Price, Phillip Woollcott

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management, real estate development

1996

7

R. Thomas Sadler

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

1893

6

Charlie L. Moore, Dunston Powell

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

2010

6

Reggie D. Bell, A. Todd Justice, Kyle G. Putnam

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management, real estate development

2009

6

Hap Kennerty

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

1989

6

Gene W. Blanton

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management, real estate development

1974

6

William F. Smith

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management, real estate development

1985

5

Bob A. Caldwell

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

2003

5

Josh B. Jones

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management, real estate development

2005

5

Woodman C. Kapp

Commercial real estate brokerage

1978

5

Rodney N. Hancock

Commercial real estate brokerage, property management

2006

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General Contractors Ranked Ranked by

by Value Value of of 2010 2010 Contracts Contracts

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Company Company

BE&K Building Group BE&K Group 201 E.Building McBee Ave., Suite 400 201 E. McBee Ave., Suite 400 Greenville, SC 29601 Greenville, SC 29601 M.B. Kahn Construction Co. Inc. M.B. Kahn Construction Co. Inc. 101 Flintlake Road 101 Flintlake Columbia, SC Road 29223 Columbia, SC 29223 Choate Construction Co. Choate Construction Co. 100 1671 Belle Isle Ave., Suite 1671 Belle Isle Ave., Suite 100 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Walbridge Southeast Walbridge Southeast 1201 Main St., Suite 1980 1201 MainSC St.,29201 Suite 1980 Columbia, Columbia, SC 29201 Triangle Construction Co. Triangle Construction Co. P.O. Box 6266 P.O. Box 6266 Greenville, SC 29606 Greenville, SC 29606 Trident Construction Co. Inc. Trident Construction Co. Inc. 2245 Technical Parkway 2245 Technical Parkway North Charleston, SC 29406 North Charleston, SC 29406 Mashburn Construction Co. Inc. Mashburn Construction Co. Inc. P.O. Box 2466 P.O. Box 2466 Columbia, SC 29202 Columbia, SC 29202 Arnold Construction Corp.

Arnold Construction Corp.

720 Lady St. 720 Lady St. Columbia, SC 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 McCrory Construction Co. LLC McCrory Construction Co. LLC P.O. Box 145 P.O. Box 145 Columbia, SC 29201 Columbia, SC 29201 Shelco Inc., General Contractors Shelco Inc., General Contractors 30 Patewood Drive, Suite 150 30 Patewood Greenville, SCDrive, 29615Suite 150 Greenville, SC 29615 Harper Corp. General Contractors Harper Corp.St., General Contractors 35 W. Court Suite 400 35 W. CourtSC St.,29601 Suite 400 Greenville, Greenville, SC 29601 Rodgers Builders Inc. Rodgers Builders Inc.305 531 S. Main St., Suite 531 S. MainSCSt., Suite 305 Greenville, 29601 Greenville, SC 29601 O'Neal Inc. O'Neal P.O. BoxInc. 10269 P.O. Box 10269 Greenville, SC 29607 Greenville, SC 29607 Hill Construction Hill Construction 295 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 301 295 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 301 Charleston, SC 29492 Charleston, SC 29492 THS Constructors Inc. THS Executive Constructors Inc. 150 Center Drive, Suite B108 150 Executive Center Drive, Suite B108 Greenville, SC 29615 Greenville, SC 29615 Gulf Stream Construction Co. Inc. Gulf Stream Construction 3820 Faber Place, Suite 200Co. Inc. 3820 Faber Place,SC Suite 200 North Charleston, 29405 North Charleston, SC 29405 Brantley Construction Co. LLC Brantley Construction 8300 Dorchester Road Co. LLC 8300 Dorchester Road Charleston, SC 29418 Charleston, SC 29418 Miller-Valentine Group Miller-Valentine GroupSuite 230 1027 Physicians Drive, 1027 Physicians Drive, Suite 230 Charleston, SC 29414 Charleston, SC 29414 Trehel Corp.

Trehel P.O. BoxCorp.

1707 P.O. Box 1707 Clemson, SC 29633 Clemson, SC 29633 Landmark Construction Co. Inc. Landmark Construction Co. Inc. 3255 Industry Drive 3255 Industry Drive North Charleston, SC 29418 North Charleston, SC 29418 Palmetto Construction Group LLC Palmetto Construction Group LLC 2265 Clements Ferry Road, Suite 204 2265 Clements Ferry Road, Suite 204 Charleston, SC 29492 Charleston, SC 29492 Yeargin Potter Shackelford Construction Yeargin PotterCourt Shackelford Construction 121 Edinburgh 121 Edinburgh Court Greenville, SC 29607 Greenville, SC 29607 Complete Building Corp.

Complete Building Corp.

1525 Ashley River Road 1525 AshleySC River Road Charleston, 29407 Charleston, SC 29407

Phone Phone Fax Fax Website Website

864-250-5000 864-250-5000 864-250-5099 864-250-5099 www.bekbuildinggroup.com www.bekbuildinggroup.com 803-736-2950 803-736-2950 803-699-6413 803-699-6413 www.mbkahn.com www.mbkahn.com 843-284-9047 843-284-9047 843-284-9048 843-284-9048 www.choateco.com www.choateco.com 803-945-2228 803-945-2228 313-234-0150 313-234-0150 www.walbridge.com www.walbridge.com 864-288-5500 864-288-5500 864-458-8800 864-458-8800 www.triangleconstruction.com www.triangleconstruction.com 843-572-7600 843-572-7600 843-764-1704 843-764-1704 www.tridentconstruction.com www.tridentconstruction.com 803-400-1000 803-400-1000 803-400-1010 803-400-1010 www.mashburnconstruction.com www.mashburnconstruction.com 803-731-4321 803-731-4321 803-731-1381 803-731-1381 www.arnoldfamilycorp.com www.arnoldfamilycorp.com 803-799-8100 803-799-8100 803-254-9800 803-254-9800 www.mccroryconstruction.com www.mccroryconstruction.com 864-286-2300 864-286-2300 864-286-2301 864-286-2301 www.shelcoinc.com www.shelcoinc.com 864-527-2500 864-527-2500 864-527-2536 864-527-2536 www.harpercorp.com www.harpercorp.com 864-255-5800 864-255-5800 864-255-5801 864-255-5801 www.rodgersbuilders.com www.rodgersbuilders.com 864-298-2000 864-298-2000 864-298-6350 864-298-6350 www.onealinc.com www.onealinc.com 843-884-6888 843-884-6888 843-884-7532 843-884-7532 www.hillcon.com www.hillcon.com 864-254-6066 864-254-6066 864-254-6086 864-254-6086 www.thsconstructors.com www.thsconstructors.com 843-572-4363 843-572-4363 843-572-9609 843-572-9609 www.gulfstreamconstruction.com www.gulfstreamconstruction.com 843-552-0150 843-552-0150 843-552-9072 843-552-9072 www.brantleyconstruction.com www.brantleyconstruction.com 843-766-3800 843-766-3800 843-766-0344 843-766-0344 www.mvg.com www.mvg.com 864-654-6582 864-654-6582 864-654-7788 864-654-7788 www.trehel.com www.trehel.com 843-552-6186 843-552-6186 843-760-0973 843-760-0973 www.landmark-sc.com www.landmark-sc.com 843-971-7156 843-971-7156 843-971-3775 843-971-3775 www.pcgllc.net www.pcgllc.net 864-232-1491 864-232-1491 864-242-9054 864-242-9054 www.ypsconst.com www.ypsconst.com 843-763-2463 843-763-2463 843-766-4659 843-766-4659 www.completebldg.com www.completebldg.com

Statewide Statewide Contracts: Contracts: Value/ Value/ Number Number

Area of Specialization Area of Specialization

Top Official(s) Top Official(s)

$100,000,000 $100,000,000 3 3

Building, distribution and warehouses, education, health care, Building, distribution and warehouses, education, health care, industrial and manufacturing industrial and manufacturing

Steve Helms Steve Helms

$70,000,000 $70,000,000 15 15

Institutional, commercial, health care, multifamily Institutional, commercial, health care, multifamily

Samuel W. Smith Samuel W. Smith

$62,000,000 $62,000,000 50 50

Commercial office, health care, industrial Commercial office, health care, industrial

$55,000,000 $55,000,000 85 85 $54,245,362 $54,245,362 53 53

Commercial, distribution and warehouses, education and health Commercial, distribution and warehouses, education and health care, industrial and manufacturing, religious and cultural, care, industrial andretail manufacturing, religious and cultural, and restaurants retail and restaurants Design-build, commercial, health care, religious, industrial, Design-build, commercial, health care, industrial, multifamily, entertainment, retail,religious, restaurants multifamily, entertainment, retail, restaurants

Robert D. Fairey, John Robert D. Fairey, John David Griffith, Tim Kennedy David Griffith, Tim Kennedy Harry L. Mashburn, Lynn Harry L.Paul Mashburn, LynnH. Shealy, Mashburn, Shealy, Mashburn, LeePaul Mashburn Jr. H. Lee Mashburn Jr.

$50,000,000 $50,000,000 15 15

Commercial, industrial, health care, multifamily, office Commercial, industrial, health care, multifamily, office

$45,000,000 $45,000,000 8 8

Commercial, retail, health care, industrial, institutional Commercial, retail, health care, industrial, institutional

$35,000,000 $35,000,000 20 20

Industrial, health care, office, education, commercial, wet Industrial, health care,infrastructure office, education, commercial, wet infrastructure

$32,337,378 $32,337,378 19 19

Health care, education, corporate office, senior living, cultural Health care, education, corporate office, senior living, cultural

$184,101,113 $184,101,113 5 5 $171,282,000 $171,282,000 135 135 $104,623,565 $104,623,565 21 21

$30,000,000 $30,000,000 8 8 $28,500,000 $28,500,000 48 48

Commercial, education, health care, life sciences, manufacturing, Mac Carpenter, Tim Parker, Commercial, education, health public care, life sciences, manufacturing, Mac Carpenter, Tim Parker, industrial, facilities Bob Powell industrial, public facilities Bob Powell Commercial, sports/entertainment, retail, restaurants, hotels, Commercial, sports/entertainment, retail, restaurants, convention centers, distribution, warehouses, education,hotels, health William H. Neely convention centers, distribution, warehouses,parks/recreation, education, health care, churches, industrial, manufacturing, William H. Neely care, churches, industrial, utilities manufacturing, parks/recreation, utilities Industrial, medical, corporate, federal, resort and clubhouse, Dave Priester, Mike Industrial, medical, corporate, assisted federal, resort Dave Hampton Priester, Mike design-build, living and clubhouse, design-build, assisted living Hampton

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Allen B. Amsler Allen B. Amsler

Industrial, process chemical, general manufacturing, automotive, Industrial, process chemical, general manufacturing, automotive, renewable energy, pharmaceutical renewable energy, pharmaceutical Commercial offices, warehouses, education, government, health Commercial offices, warehouses, education, government, care, hospitality, industrial, military, residential, religious, health retail, care, hospitality, industrial, residential, religious, retail, sports,military, entertainment sports, entertainment

Jack Brown, Dennis Jack Brown, Dennis Krakower, Andy Hall Krakower, Andy Hall Chris Fay, Rick Richardson, Chris Fay, RickC.Richardson, David Wise, Douglas David Wise, C. Douglas Harper Harper Terry Horomanski, Alex Terry Horomanski, Campbell Alex Campbell Kevin C. Bean, Judy KevinCastelberry C. Bean, Judy Castelberry Robert E. Dunn, John W. RobertGene E. Dunn, John W.E. Crane, S. Garrett, Crane,Burrow Gene S.Hill Garrett, E. III Burrow Hill III Howard Suitt, Tim Lovin, Howard Suitt,Tony TimMasters Lovin, Ron Thomas, Ron Thomas, Tony Masters

$27,100,000 $27,100,000 10 10

Industrial, health care, office, research and development Industrial, health care, office, research and development

$27,000,000 $27,000,000 22 22

General site contractor General site contractor

Matt Blackwood, Kenneth Matt Blackwood, Kenneth A. Holseberg A. Holseberg

$25,000,000 $25,000,000 6 6

Education, commercial, sports, health care, warehouse, religious, Education, commercial, sports,manufacturing health care, warehouse, religious, industrial, industrial, manufacturing

Sidney A. Brantley, Gary D. Sidney A.Brantley Brantley, Gary D. Brantley

$25,000,000 $25,000,000 41 41

Design-build, general contractor, construction Design-build, generaland contractor, construction management development management and development

Stephen J. Koewler, Kevin Stephen J. Koewler, Kevin K. Werner, Kurt S. Eyring K. Werner, Kurt S. Eyring

$24,000,000 $24,000,000 20 20

Design-build Design-build

Will Huss, Neal Workman Will Huss, Neal Workman

$23,895,000 $23,895,000 31 31

Site work, concrete, road construction foundations, preSite work, concrete, road construction preengineered metal buildings, structuralfoundations, steel, utilities engineered metal buildings, structural steel, utilities

Ann B. Mixson, Cynthia A. Ann B. Mixson, A. Mixson, FredrickCynthia B. Mixson Mixson, Fredrick B. Mixson

$23,034,339 $23,034,339 18 18

Commercial, government, industrial Commercial, government, industrial

$23,000,000 $23,000,000 17 17 $22,937,610 $22,937,610 12 12

Industrial, commercial, distribution, institutional, wellness, Industrial, commercial, distribution, institutional, wellness, multi-family, design/build multi-family, design/build Design-build, medical, radiological imaging, office, retail, Design-build, medical, warehouse, radiological imaging, office, retail, warehouse, commercial construction commercial construction

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John Kendle Jr., Jay John Kendle Jay Handegan, CareyJr., Dandridge Handegan, Carey Dandridge R. Lynn Yeargin, Ron Farley, R. Bill LynnStoner, Yeargin, Farley, KirkRon Carter, Bill David Stoner,Davidson Kirk Carter, David Davidson Victor Apat Victor Apat

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Logistics

Ranked Ranked by

by Number Number of of Local Local Employees Employees Company Company UTi UTi 355 355 Woodruff Woodruff Road, Road, Building Building 100, 100, Suite Suite 110 110 Greenville, Greenville, SC SC 29607 29607

Pilot Pilot Freight Freight Services Services 555 555 Brookshire Brookshire Road Road Greer, Greer, SC SC 29651 29651 C.H. C.H. Powell Powell Co. Co. P.O. P.O. Box Box 270 270 Greer, Greer, SC SC 29652 29652 International International Forwarders Forwarders Inc. Inc. 1350 1350 Ashley Ashley River River Road Road Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29407 29407 Kuehne Kuehne & & Nagel Nagel Inc. Inc. 670 670 Marina Marina Drive, Drive, Suite Suite 200, 200, Building Building FF Charleston, SC 29492 Charleston, SC 29492 Special Special Services Services Freight Freight Company Company of of the the Carolinas Carolinas P.O. Box 788 P.O. Box 788 Duncan, Duncan, SC SC 29334 29334 John John S. S. James James Co. Co. 2702 Azalea 2702 Azalea Drive Drive North Charleston, North Charleston, SC SC 29405 29405 Blackhawk Blackhawk Logistics Logistics LLC LLC 5801 N. Rhett Ave. Extension 5801 N. Rhett Ave. Extension North Charleston , SC 29410 North Charleston , SC 29410

Statewide Statewide Employees Employees

864-288-8595 864-288-8595 864-288-9195 864-288-9195 www.go2uti.com www.go2uti.com

660 660

Container Container services, services, cross-docking, cross-docking, customhouse customhouse brokerage, brokerage, drayage, drayage, export export packers/container packers/container consolidations, consolidations, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international air freight, materials handling, motor freight lines, ocean freight, international air freight, materials handling, motor freight lines, ocean freight, railroads, railroads, supply supply chain chain management, management, 3PL/4PL, 3PL/4PL, transloading, transloading, warehouse/ warehouse/ distribution distribution

843-574-1791 843-574-1791 843-574-1794 843-574-1794 www.clmtrucking.com www.clmtrucking.com

400 400

Top Top Local Local Official(s) Official(s)

Year Year Founded Founded

Elijah Elijah Ray Ray

1894 1894

Container Container services, services, cross-docking, cross-docking, drayage, drayage, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, local forwarder, local couriers, couriers, motor motor freight freight agencies, agencies, motor motor freight freight lines, lines, supply supply chain management, 3PL/4PL chain management, 3PL/4PL

Clarence Clarence L. L. Mitchell Mitchell

1995 1995

400 400

Container Container services, services, customhouse customhouse brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, ocean ocean freight, freight, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution

Johnnie Johnnie Moore Moore

INP INP

200 200

Cross-docking, Cross-docking, customhouse customhouse brokerage, brokerage, drayage, drayage, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, materials forwarder, materials handling, handling, railroads, railroads, 3PL/4PL, 3PL/4PL, transloading, transloading, warehouse/ warehouse/ distribution distribution

Arch Arch Thomason Thomason

1982 1982

864-879-2157 864-879-2157 864-879-7896 864-879-7896 www.rogers-brown.com www.rogers-brown.com

150 150

Customhouse Customhouse brokerage, brokerage, export export packers/container packers/container consolidations, consolidations, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, NVOCC, NVOCC, 3PL/4PL, 3PL/4PL, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution

Cathy Cathy Jones, Jones, Raymond Raymond Kelley Kelley

1968 1968

864-801-8300 864-801-8300 864-849-2050 864-849-2050 www.brownnal.com www.brownnal.com

150 150

Container Container services, services, export export packers/container packers/container consolidations, consolidations, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, NVOCC, NVOCC, supply supply chain chain management, 3PL/4PL, warehouse/distribution management, 3PL/4PL, warehouse/distribution

Pete Pete Smith, Smith, Ernest Ernest Laster, Laster, Sherry Sherry Comer Comer

2000 2000

800-283-7488 800-283-7488 931-520-5603 931-520-5603 www.averittexpress.com www.averittexpress.com

125 125

Ron Ron Zimmerman Zimmerman

1990 1990

843-308-0222 843-308-0222 843-308-0227 843-308-0227 www.evanssoutheast.com www.evanssoutheast.com

120 120

Michael Michael Lee Lee Wedincamp Wedincamp

1997 1997

803-533-1903 803-533-1903 www.eleetstrans.com www.eleetstrans.com

110 110

Dennis Dennis Boker Boker

2010 2010

843-744-1655 843-744-1655 843-744-3350 843-744-3350 www.nilsonvan.com www.nilsonvan.com

100 100

Container Container services, services, cross-docking, cross-docking, drayage, drayage, export export packers/container packers/container consolidations, freight consolidations, freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, moving moving and and storage, ocean freight, 3PL/4PL, transloading, storage, ocean freight, 3PL/4PL, transloading, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution

David David F. F. Nilson Nilson

1938 1938

843-577-3630 843-577-3630 843-720-8911 843-720-8911 www.rogers-brown.com www.rogers-brown.com

100 100

Customhouse Customhouse brokerage, brokerage, drayage, drayage, export export packers/container packers/container consolidations, consolidations, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, motor motor freight freight lines, NVOCC, ocean freight, 3PL/4PL, transloading, warehouse/distribution lines, NVOCC, ocean freight, 3PL/4PL, transloading, warehouse/distribution

Raymond Raymond Kelley Kelley

1968 1968

Juerg Juerg Gege, Gege, Michael Michael Bligen, Bligen, Candice Vasquez Candice Vasquez

1972 1972

Rick Rick Farahay, Farahay, Josh Josh Keiffer Keiffer

1982 1982

Tim Tim Hall Hall

1990 1990

Jay Jay Schwartz Schwartz

1992 1992

Jon Jon Godfrey Godfrey

1976 1976

843-760-2400 843-760-2400 843-760-3450 843-760-3450 www.dhl-dgf.com www.dhl-dgf.com 864-295-0081 864-295-0081 864-295-6616 864-295-6616 www.sunlanddistribution.com www.sunlanddistribution.com

843-577-9982 843-577-9982 843-577-8866 843-577-8866 www.panalpina.com www.panalpina.com 843-767-4888 843-767-4888 843-767-9691 843-767-9691 www.azaleamoving.com www.azaleamoving.com

69 69 56 56

843-554-6909 843-554-6909 843-744-4071 843-744-4071 www.expd.com www.expd.com

50 50

864-879-8880 864-879-8880 864-879-8587 864-879-8587 www.pilotdelivers.com www.pilotdelivers.com

50 50

864-879-7163 864-879-7163 864-879-2124 864-879-2124 www.chpowell.com www.chpowell.com 843-769-7030 843-769-7030 843-769-7042 843-769-7042 www.ifichs.com www.ifichs.com

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Services Services Provided Provided

Container Container services, services, customhouse customhouse brokerage, brokerage, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, motor motor freight freight lines, lines, ocean ocean freight, freight, supply supply chain chain management, management, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution Container services, cross-docking, drayage, export packers/container Container services, cross-docking, drayage, export packers/container consolidations, consolidations, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, materials materials handling, handling, motor motor freight freight lines, lines, ocean ocean freight, freight, supply supply chain chain management, management, 3PL/4PL, 3PL/4PL, transloading, transloading, warehouse/ warehouse/ distribution distribution Container Container services, services, cross-docking, cross-docking, drayage, drayage, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, motor motor freight freight lines, lines, supply supply chain chain management, management, warehouse/ warehouse/ distribution distribution

Customhouse Customhouse brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, NVOCC, NVOCC, other other marine marine services, services, supply supply chain chain management, management, other other trade/business trade/business services services Container Container services, services, drayage, drayage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, local local couriers, materials handling, motor couriers, materials handling, motor freight freight agencies, agencies, motor motor freight freight lines, lines, moving and storage, supply chain management, warehouse/distribution moving and storage, supply chain management, warehouse/distribution Cross-docking, Cross-docking, customhouse customhouse brokerage, brokerage, export export packers/container packers/container consolidations, consolidations, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, materials materials handling, handling, NVOCC, ocean freight, supply chain management, 3PL/4PL, NVOCC, ocean freight, supply chain management, 3PL/4PL, transloading, transloading, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution Container Container services, services, cross-docking, cross-docking, customhouse customhouse brokerage, brokerage, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, local local couriers, couriers, motor motor freight freight lines, lines, moving moving and and storage, storage, ocean ocean freight, freight, supply supply chain chain management, management, 3PL/4PL, 3PL/4PL, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution Customhouse Customhouse brokerage, brokerage, export export packers/container packers/container consolidations, consolidations, freight freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, ocean ocean freight, freight, supply supply chain chain management, management, 3PL/4PL, 3PL/4PL, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution

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Customhouse Customhouse brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, NVOCC, NVOCC, ocean ocean freight, freight, supply supply chain chain management management

Jack Jack H. H. Daniel Daniel Jr. Jr.

1948 1948

843-884-5550 843-884-5550 843-884-5497 843-884-5497 www.kn-portal.com www.kn-portal.com

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Customhouse Customhouse brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, ocean ocean freight, freight, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution

Peter Peter Mueller Mueller

1986 1986

800-733-4046 800-733-4046 864-879-2172 864-879-2172 www.specialservice.net www.specialservice.net

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Freight Freight brokerage, brokerage, freight freight forwarder, forwarder, international international air air freight, freight, local local couriers, couriers, motor motor freight freight lines, lines, 3PL/4PL, 3PL/4PL, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution

Steve Steve Miller, Miller, Bradley Bradley Jones, Jones, Kevin Kevin Jones Jones

1988 1988

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Freight Freight forwarder forwarder

Rick Rick Jones Jones

1972 1972

25 25

Freight Freight forwarder, forwarder, local local couriers, couriers, motor motor freight freight lines, lines, 3PL/4PL, 3PL/4PL, transloading, transloading, warehouse/distribution warehouse/distribution

Jerry Jerry Ward Ward

2005 2005

843-554-6400 843-554-6400 843-554-4270 843-554-4270 www.johnsjames.com www.johnsjames.com 843-554-7647 843-554-7647 843-744-8355 843-744-8355 www.blackhawklogistics.com www.blackhawklogistics.com

LTL=Less-than truckload. TL=Truckload. 3PL=Third-party logistics provider. 4PL=Fourth-party logistics provider.

NVOCC=Non-vessel operating container carrier. INP=Information not provided.

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CLM CLM Trucking Trucking Co., Co., agent agent for for US US Xpress Xpress 30 30 Delaware Delaware Road Road Goose Goose Creek, Creek, SC SC 29445 29445 DHL DHL Global Global Forwarding Forwarding 5955 5955 Core Core Road, Road, Suite Suite 520 520 North North Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29406 29406 Sunland Sunland Distribution Distribution Inc. Inc. 255 255 Blackhawk Blackhawk Road Road Greenville, SC 29611 Greenville, SC 29611 Rogers Rogers & & Brown Brown Custom Custom Brokers Brokers Inc. Inc. 150 W. Phillips Road, Suite 150 W. Phillips Road, Suite LL Greer, Greer, SC SC 29650 29650 Rogers Rogers & & Brown Brown North North American American Logistics Logistics Inc. Inc. 146 W. Phillips Road, Suite 146 W. Phillips Road, Suite A A Greer, Greer, SC SC 29650 29650 Averitt Express Averitt Express 33 Shelter Shelter Drive Drive Greer, Greer, SC SC 29650 29650 Evans Delivery Evans Delivery Trucking Trucking & & Logistics Logistics 2696 Ave. B North 2696 Ave. B North North North Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29405 29405 Eleets Eleets Transportation Transportation 2500 2500 Rowsville Rowsville Road Road Orangeburg, Orangeburg, SC SC 29115 29115 Nilson Van & Storage, Nilson Van & Storage, agents agents for for Mayflower Mayflower Transit Transit P.O. P.O. Box Box 70057 70057 Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29415 29415 Rogers & Brown Rogers & Brown Custom Custom Brokers Brokers Inc. Inc. P.O. Box 20160 P.O. Box 20160 Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29413-0160 29413-0160 Panalpina Panalpina Inc. Inc. 207 East Bay St., 207 East Bay St., Suite Suite 209 209 Charleston, Charleston, SC SC 29401 29401 Azalea Azalea Moving Moving and and Storage Storage Inc. Inc. 7131 7131 Bryhawke Bryhawke Circle Circle North Charleston, SC 29418 North Charleston, SC 29418 Expeditors Expeditors International International of of Washington Washington Inc. Inc. 906 Commerce Circle 906 Commerce Circle Hanahan, Hanahan, SC SC 29410 29410

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Swift Transportation Co. Swift Transportation Co. 2841 Old Woodruff Road 2841 Old Greer, SC Woodruff 29651 Road Greer, SC 29651 CLM Trucking Co., agent for US Xpress CLM Trucking Co., agent for US Xpress 30 Delaware Road 30 Delaware Goose Creek,Road SC 29445 Goose Creek, SC 29445 Bulldog Hiway Express Bulldog P.O. Box Hiway 40247 Express P.O. Box 40247 SC 29423 North Charleston, North Charleston, SC 29423 Associated Petroleum Carriers Inc. Associated Petroleum Carriers Inc. P.O. Box 2808 P.O. Box 2808SC 29304 Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC 29304 C&C Trucking Inc. C&C Box Trucking P.O. 705 Inc. P.O. Box SC 70529334 Duncan, Duncan, SC 29334 Palmetto Logistics Palmetto 137 AcresLogistics Drive 137 Acres Ladson, SCDrive 29456 Ladson, SC 29456 Evans Delivery Trucking & Logistics EvansAve. Delivery Trucking & Logistics 2696 B North 2696 Ave. B NorthSC 29405 North Charleston, North Charleston, SC 29405 J. Grady Randolph Inc. J. Grady Randolph Inc. P.O. Box 29 P.O. Box 29SC 29673 Piedmont, Piedmont, SC 29673 Carolina National Transport Carolina National 2422 Cherokee HallTransport Lane 2422 Cherokee Hall Lane Charleston, SC 29414 Charleston, SC 29414 Dedicated Transportation Solutions Dedicated Solutions 100 AugustaTransportation Arbor Way 100 Augusta Way Greenville, SCArbor 29605 Greenville, SC 29605 Ray Walker Trucking Ray Walker P.O. Box 469Trucking P.O. Box 469 Piedmont, SC 29673 Piedmont, SC 29673 Tennessee Commercial Warehouse & Tennessee Express Commercial Tennessee Inc. Warehouse & Tennessee Express Inc. Parkway 2355 Charleston Regional 2355 Charleston Regional Parkway Charleston, SC 29492 Charleston, SC 29492 G&D Integrated Inc. G&D Integrated Inc. 50 Commerce Drive 50 Commerce Drive North Charleston, SC 29418-7418 North Charleston, SC 29418-7418 Intermodal Bridge Transport Inc. Intermodal Transport 1360 TruxtunBridge Ave., Suite 101 Inc. 1360 Ave.,SCSuite 101 North Truxtun Charleston, 29405 North Charleston, SC 29405 Teton Transportation Teton Transportation 137 Acres Drive, Suite B 137 Acres Ladson, SCDrive, 29456Suite B Ladson, SC 29456

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864-879-2101 864-879-2101 864-968-7680 864-968-7680 www.swifttrans.com www.swifttrans.com 843-574-1791 843-574-1791 843-574-1794 843-574-1794 www.clmtrucking.com www.clmtrucking.com 843-744-1651 843-744-1651 843-747-3539 843-747-3539 www.bulldoghiway.com www.bulldoghiway.com 864-573-9301 864-573-9301 864-573-9305 864-573-9305 www.apccorporate.com www.apccorporate.com 864-848-3755 864-848-3755 864-848-3756 864-848-3756 www.cctrucking.com www.cctrucking.com 843-377-0987 843-377-0987 843-377-1073 843-377-1073 www.palmettologistics.com www.palmettologistics.com 843-308-0222 843-308-0222 843-308-0227 843-308-0227 www.evanssoutheast.com www.evanssoutheast.com 864-299-9645 864-299-9645 864-299-0711 864-299-0711 www.jgr-inc.com www.jgr-inc.com 843-766-6100 843-766-6100 843-766-0024 843-766-0024 INP INP 864-486-1962 864-486-1962 864-486-1961 864-486-1961 www.dtsolutions.net www.dtsolutions.net 864-277-5234 864-277-5234 864-277-1725 864-277-1725 www.raywalkertrucking.com www.raywalkertrucking.com 843-388-8688 843-388-8688 843-388-9788 843-388-9788 www.tcwonline.com www.tcwonline.com 630-849-2169 630-849-2169 630-844-9565 630-844-9565 www.gdintegrated.com www.gdintegrated.com 843-207-3360 843-207-3360 843-552-3764 843-552-3764 www.ibttruck.com www.ibttruck.com 843-377-0987 843-377-0987 INP INP www.palmettologistics.com www.palmettologistics.com

ATS Logistics Inc. ATS Inc. 2465Logistics Air Park Road 2465 Air Park Charleston, SCRoad 29406 Charleston, SC 29406 Anyware Express Anyware Express P.O. Box 40877 P.O. Box 40877 SC 29418 North Charleston, North Charleston, SC 29418 Atlantic Intermodal Services Atlantic Intermodal 2500 Clements Ferry Services Road, Suite A 2500 Clements Ferry Road, Suite A Charleston, SC 29492 Charleston, SC 29492 Big Daddy Drayage Daddy 1Big Cool BlowDrayage St., Suite 321 1Charleston, Cool Blow SC St.,29403 Suite 321 Charleston, SC 29403 Intermodal Cargo Services Co. LLC Intermodal 2650 CarnerCargo Ave. Services Co. LLC 2650 Carner, SC Ave. Charleston 29405 Charleston , SC 29405 O.S.T. Trucking Co. Inc O.S.T.Chitwood TruckingDrive Co. Inc 4185 4185 Drive North Chitwood Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston, SC 29405 BP Express Inc. BP Express Inc. Ave. 4033 W. Montague 4033 MontagueSCAve. North W. Charleston, 29418 North Charleston, SC 29418

843-308-6555 843-308-6555 843-746-0059 843-746-0059 www.atsinc.net www.atsinc.net 843-225-6430 843-225-6430 843-225-6530 843-225-6530 www.anywareexpress.com www.anywareexpress.com 843-216-1045 843-216-1045 843-216-1061 843-216-1061 www.atlanticintermodal.com www.atlanticintermodal.com 843-744-6404 843-744-6404 843-744-7430 843-744-7430 www.bigdaddydrayage.com www.bigdaddydrayage.com 843-723-7788 843-723-7788 843-723-4477 843-723-4477 www.intermodalcargoservices.com www.intermodalcargoservices.com 843-566-0546 843-566-0546 843-566-0549 843-566-0549 www.osttrucking.com www.osttrucking.com 843-760-0700 843-760-0700 843-760-6961 843-760-6961 www.bpexpressinc.com www.bpexpressinc.com

Drivers Drivers Statewide Statewide

Carrier Type Carrier Type

Dedicated, expedited, flatbed, hazardous materials, Dedicated, expedited, flatbed, hazardous materials, intermodal, LTL/TL intermodal, LTL/TL Dedicated, flatbed, intermodal, container drayage in the Dedicated, flatbed, intermodal, in the Port of Charleston and Port of container Savannah;drayage intermodal Port to of inland Charleston and Port of Savannah; intermodal cargo customers; flatbed and step-deck cargo cargo to inland customers; flatbed and step-deck cargo

5,034 5,034 10,000 10,000 170 170 220 220

101 101

Bulk, hazardous materials, intermodal Bulk, hazardous materials, intermodal

211 211 268 268

Jerry C. Smith Jerry1942 C. Smith 1942

90 90

LTL/TL LTL/TL

150 150 410 410

Greg Grubbs Greg1978 Grubbs 1978

88 88

Dedicated, expedited, flatbed, frozen/refrigerated, Dedicated, expedited, flatbed,LTL/TL, frozen/refrigerated, hazardous materials, intermodal, freight all kinds hazardous materials, intermodal, LTL/TL, freight all kinds

40 40 170 170

85 85

Intermodal, LTL/TL, ocean containers Intermodal, LTL/TL, ocean containers

1,400 1,400 450 450

80 80

Flatbed Flatbed

125 125 575 575

Jimmy Connelly Jimmy Connelly 2004 2004 Michael Lee Michael Lee Wedincamp Wedincamp 1997 1997 Mark Randolph Mark1935 Randolph 1935

70 70

Dedicated, frozen/refrigerated, intermodal, containerized Dedicated, frozen/refrigerated, freightintermodal, containerized freight

INP INP INP INP

Paul F. Jarvis Paul1987 F. Jarvis 1987

70 70

Dedicated, expedited, flatbed, hazardous materials, LTL/ Dedicated, expedited, flatbed, TL hazardous materials, LTL/ TL

75 75 120 120

Scott Stowers Scott2004 Stowers 2004

70 70

Bulk, flatbed Bulk, flatbed

INP INP INP INP

INP INP 1967 1967

60 60

Expedited, intermodal, containers Expedited, intermodal, containers

INP INP INP INP

Ryan Laughridge Ryan Laughridge 1964 1964

50 50

Dedicated, hazardous materials, intermodal, LTL/TL, Dedicated, hazardous materials, intermodal, LTL/TL, manufacturing logistics, distribution, dedicated TL, manufacturing distribution, dedicated domestic andlogistics, international container drayageTL, domestic and international container drayage

445 445 2,200 2,200

50 50

Containerized Containerized

50 50 0 0

Geoffrey C. Geoffrey SmockC. Smock 2000 2000 Tim Carswell Tim 1997 Carswell 1997

46 46

Dedicated, expedited, intermodal, LTL/TL, freight all Dedicated, expedited, intermodal, LTL/TL, freight all kinds kinds

270 270 800 800

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Dedicated, hazardous materials, intermodal, LTL/TL, Dedicated,truck hazardous materials, intermodal, LTL/TL, nationwide transportation services, including vans, nationwide truck transportation services, including vans, intermodal container and LTL intermodal container and LTL

32 32 0 0

30 30

Bulk, dedicated, expedited, flatbed, hazardous materials, Bulk, dedicated, expedited, flatbed, hazardous intermodal, LTL/TL, Local pickup and delivery; materials, line haul; intermodal, LTL/TL, Local warehousing pickup and delivery; line haul; expedited transportation; and distribution; expedited transportation; warehousing and distribution; container stripping and stuffing container stripping and stuffing

50 50 50 50

Adam Lawrence Adam2006 Lawrence 2006

30 30

Drayage service Drayage service

150 150 0 0

30 30

Full containerload Full containerload

15 15 INP INP

30 30

Frozen/refrigerated, hazardous materials, intermodal, Frozen/refrigerated, hazardous materials, import/export container truckingintermodal, import/export container trucking

95 95 95 95

Jeff Banton Jeff2006 Banton 2006 Richard Richard Souffrant Souffrant INP INP Bobby Knight Bobby Knight 1970 1970

30 30

Dedicated, frozen/refrigerated, hazardous materials, Dedicated, frozen/refrigerated, hazardous materials, intermodal, full containerload intermodal, full containerload

200 200 INP INP

Mike McCord Mike2007 McCord 2007

25 25

Dedicated, intermodal, intermodal containers Dedicated, intermodal, intermodal containers

197 197 22 22

Mike Milward Mike1995 Milward 1995

400 400 170 170

LTL=Less-than-truckload. TL=Truckload. INP=Information not provided. NR=Not ranked. N/A=Not applicable.

LTL=Less-than-truckload.

TL=Truckload.

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Although every effort made tolist ensure participating companies, find this list at www.scbiznews.com/data.

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Top Top Official(s)/ Official(s)/ Year Year Founded Founded

Frank Wilkie Frank Wilkie 1990 1990 Clarence L. Clarence MitchellL. Mitchell 1995 1995 Philip L. Byrd Philip L. Byrd 1959 1959

1,000 1,000

Bulk, dedicated, expedited, flatbed, frozen/refrigerated, Bulk, dedicated, expedited, flatbed, frozen/refrigerated, hazardous materials, intermodal hazardous materials, intermodal

Tractors/ Tractors/ Trailers Trailers Companywide Companywide

Jimmy Connelly Jimmy Connelly 2005 2005 Jimmie JimmieDave Gianoukos, Gianoukos, Dave Weis, Tim Weis, Tim Sprouse Sprouse 1986 1986

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355 UTi Woodruff Road, Building 100, Suite 110 355 Woodruff Road, Building 100, Suite Greenville, SC 29607 110 Greenville, SC 29607 Inc. Sunland Distribution 255 Blackhawk Road Inc. Sunland Distribution Greenville, SC 29611 255 Blackhawk Road Greenville, 29611 Inc. WarehouseSCServices 58 S. Burty Road Warehouse Services Inc. Piedmont, 29673 58 S. BurtySC Road Piedmont, SC 29673 Regal Logistics 1980 RegalTechnology Logistics Drive Charleston, SC 29492 1980 Technology Drive Charleston, SC 29492 Benore Logistic Systems Inc. 2501 S.C. Highway 101 S. Inc. Benore Logistic Systems Greer, SC 29651 2501 S.C. Highway 101 S. Greer, SC 29651 Kontane Logistics 1000 Charleston Regional Parkway Kontane Logistics Charleston, SC 29492 1000 Charleston Regional Parkway Charleston, SC 29492 Upstate Logistics & Distribution 38 Plantation Court& Distribution Upstate Logistics Spartanburg, 29302 38 Plantation SC Court Spartanburg, SC 29302 ACO Distribution & Warehousing Inc. 2500 Rowesville Road ACO Distribution & Warehousing Inc. Orangeburg, SC 29115 2500 Rowesville Road Orangeburg,Packaging SC 29115 & Distribution Speedway 1221 S. Batesville Road& Distribution Speedway Packaging Greer, 29650 Road 1221 S.SCBatesville Greer, SCLogistics 29650 Inc. Concept P.O. Box 1115 Concept Logistics Inc. West Union, SC 29696 P.O. Box 1115 West SCIndustries 29696 Inc. John Union, Perkins P.O. 8372 Industries Inc. JohnBox Perkins Greenville, SC 29604 P.O. Box 8372 Greenville, SC 29604 ATS Logistics Inc. 2465 Air Park Road ATS Logistics Inc. Charleston, SCRoad 29406 2465 Air Park Charleston, SC 29406 Premier Logistics Solutions 904 Commerce Circle Premier Logistics Solutions Charleston, SC 29410 904 Commerce Circle Charleston, SC 29410 Inc. Swafford Warehouse P.O. Box 1805 Swafford Warehouse Inc. Greer, SC1805 29652 P.O. Box Greer, SC 29652 Millard Refrigerated Services Inc. 813 Hamrick St. Millard Refrigerated Services Inc. Gaffney, SC 29340 813 Hamrick St. Gaffney, SC 29340 Performance Team 6Performance Corporate Parkway Team Goose Creek,Parkway SC 29445 6 Corporate Goose Creek, SC 29445 MCO Transport Inc. P.O. 70208 Inc. MCOBox Transport North Charleston, P.O. Box 70208 SC 29415 North Charleston, 29415 Industrial BondedSCWarehouse Inc. P.O. Box 983 Industrial Bonded Warehouse Inc. Anderson, SC 29622 P.O. Box 983 Anderson, 29622 American SC Cyber Logistics 7290 Investment American Cyber Drive Logistics North Charleston,Drive SC 29418 7290 Investment North Charleston, Jerich USA Inc. SC 29418 900 Commerce Jerich USA Inc.Circle Hanahan, SC 29410 900 Commerce Circle Hanahan, SC 29410 Anyware Express P.O. Box 40877 Anyware Express North Charleston, P.O. Box 40877 SC 29418 North Charleston, SC 29418 Transcan Logistics 317 Water Logistics Mill Road Transcan Greer, SC 29650 317 Water Mill Road Greer, SC 29650

864-288-8595 864-288-9195 864-288-8595 www.go2uti.com 864-288-9195 www.go2uti.com 864-295-0081 864-295-6616 864-295-0081 www.sunlanddistribution.com 864-295-6616 www.sunlanddistribution.com 864-422-9955 864-422-1562 864-422-9955 www.wsionline.com 864-422-1562 www.wsionline.com 866-300-5580 253-922-2251 866-300-5580 www.regallogistics.com 253-922-2251 www.regallogistics.com 864-655-8150 864-655-8140 864-655-8150 www.benorelogistics.com 864-655-8140 www.benorelogistics.com 843-352-0011 843-352-0014 843-352-0011 www.kontanelogistics.com 843-352-0014 www.kontanelogistics.com 864-582-0290 864-582-7481 864-582-0290 www.upstatelogistics.com 864-582-7481 www.upstatelogistics.com 803-534-1927 803-534-2079 803-534-1927 www.acodistribution.com 803-534-2079 www.acodistribution.com 864-271-1149 864-271-1307 864-271-1149 www.speedwaydistribution.com 864-271-1307 www.speedwaydistribution.com 864-718-9286 864-718-9288 864-718-9286 864-718-9288 864-672-4204 864-277-2284 864-672-4204 www.greenvillewarehouses.com 864-277-2284 www.greenvillewarehouses.com 843-308-6555 843-746-0059 843-308-6555 www.atsinc.net 843-746-0059 www.atsinc.net 843-554-7529 843-566-7656 843-554-7529 www.premier3pl.com 843-566-7656 www.premier3pl.com 864-848-3854 864-848-6413 864-848-3854 www.swaffordtransport.com 864-848-6413 www.swaffordtransport.com 864-488-9700 864-488-1970 864-488-9700 www.millardref.com 864-488-1970 www.millardref.com 843-414-9420 843-553-2731 843-414-9420 www.ptgt.net 843-553-2731 www.ptgt.net 843-747-5949 843-745-9762 843-747-5949 www.mcotransport.com 843-745-9762 www.mcotransport.com 864-225-7764 864-224-0606 864-225-7764 www.ibwinc.com 864-224-0606 www.ibwinc.com 843-266-2081 843-207-1964 843-266-2081 www.scacl.com 843-207-1964 www.scacl.com 843-566-0105 843-745-9544 843-566-0105 www.jerich.com 843-745-9544 www.jerich.com 843-225-6430 843-225-6530 843-225-6430 www.anywareexpress.com 843-225-6530 www.anywareexpress.com 864-313-8276 864-751-2924 864-313-8276 www.transcanlogistics.com 864-751-2924 www.transcanlogistics.com

1,700,000 1,700,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,300,000 1,300,000

Dry storage, hazardous materials, orderhazardous fulfillment, Dry storage, pick-and-pack materials, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, hazardous materials, orderhazardous fulfillment, Dry storage, pick-and-pack materials, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack

600,000 600,000

Dry storage, hazardous materials, orderhazardous fulfillment Dry storage, materials, order fulfillment

600,000 600,000

Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack

400,000 400,000

Dry storage Dry storage

388,000 388,000

Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, cold storage, order Dry storage,fulfillment cold storage, order fulfillment

305,000 305,000 300,000 300,000 276,000 276,000

Dry storage, order fulfillment Dry storage, order fulfillment

270,000 270,000

Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Order fulfillment, pick-andpack pick-andOrder fulfillment, pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Cold storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Cold storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack

260,000 260,000 255,000 255,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 215,000 215,000

Dry storage, pick-and-pack Dry storage, pick-and-pack

200,000 200,000

Dry storage, order fulfillment Dry storage, order fulfillment

128,000 128,000

Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack

120,000 120,000

Dry storage, order fulfillment Dry storage, order fulfillment

100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000

Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, order fulfillment, pick-and-pack Dry storage, cold storage, order Dry storage,fulfillment cold storage, order fulfillment

INP=Information not provided. C-TPAT=Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. FDA=Food & Drug INP=InformationFTZ=Foreign-Trade not provided. C-TPAT=Customs-Trade Partnership Against FDA=Food & Drug Administration.

Zone. ISO=International Organization forTerrorism.

Standardization.

USDA=U.S. Administration.

FTZ=Foreign-Trade Zone. ISO=International Organization for Standardization. USDA=U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Department of Agriculture.

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ISOISO

FTZ FTZ

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Access to port lures packing company to open manufacturing site in S.C.

By Chuck Crumbo, Staff Writer

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hen it came time to make a decision, the choice was clear for Ron Blitzer and Be Green Packaging.

Jasper County, said Blitzer, cofounder and Be Green CEO, was the best place for Be Green to locate its first manufacturing plant in the United States. Blitzer then offered a list of reasons: low energy costs; proximity to deepwater ports in Charleston and Savannah; location midway between markets in the Northeast and South Florida; plenty of labor; and the abundance of raw materials used for its green packaging products.

“And there was something that wasn’t on my radar,” Blitzer said.

“I have a community that embraces what we’re doing. I’ve never seen anything like that. South Carolina is a very, very business-

Be Green uses renewable plant fibers for many of its products.

friendly place.”

Be Green plans to invest about $7.3 million and hire at least 175 people over the next five years, with the potential of more jobs and investment added during that time.

Blitzer said the company will

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manufacture and distribute consumer, industrial and food-grade packaging from the Jasper County site.

The South Carolina plant will further support the company’s U.S. and global customer base, Blitzer said. Some of its major

customers are Whole Foods Market, P&G’s Gillette Razor Co., 7-11 and Hartsville-based Sonoco’s facility in Poland.

Be Green’s niche is manufacturing compostable, industrialand food-grade packaging.

The company’s products are made from annually renewable plant fibers such as bulrush, bagasse, bamboo, wheatstalk and kenaf. Raw materials only come from annually renewable resources and are compostable within 90 days. No trees are felled or used in the raw materials.

Also, there’s little if any waste that goes out in the garbage can, Blitzer said.

“I don’t want to be a customer of the landfill,” he said.

The local farming community also will gain from the plant’s See BE GREEN, Page 43

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PORT

Port of Charleston sees yearly increases Staff Report

T

he two largest container ports in the South Atlantic saw fiscal year increases in container traffic.

Business appears to be looking up at the Port of Charleston for the first time in six years.

The S.C. State Ports Authority said container volume through Charleston was up 8.3% or 1.38 million 20-foot equivalent units for the 2011 fiscal year, which ended June 30. The increase marked the first time since 2005 that the port reported a gain in container traffic over the previous year.

Noncontainer traffic, which the ports authority has worked to expand, shot up 32.3% at Charleston and the Port of Georgetown.

The number of noncontainer tons totaled 991,705 for the year, with growth recorded in the number of

automobiles, project cargo, heavy lift and traditional break-bulk that were loaded and unloaded, the authority said.

“These results show the confidence our customers place in the ports of Charleston and Georgetown, and it means jobs at a time we could really use them,” said Jim Newsome, president and CEO of the ports authority.

The agency also reported revenue was up 11.5% over the 2010 fiscal year, reaching $124.6 million, while earnings shot up 99% to $16.6 million.

Newsome added that the upswing in volume also showed that a number recent initiatives and improvement projects at the ports are paying off. Those include: • Extending the state’s overweight permit limit to 100,000

pounds for all shipping containers hauled into and out of the terminal.

• Expansion of on-site and offterminal loading capabilities for exports to Asia and other countries around the world.

• Completion of a $22 million project to renovate the Columbus Street Terminal for roll-on, roll-off cargo, break-bulk and project cargo. The project involved 70 acres of storage yard and added rail infrastructure.

• Headway on plans to deepen Charleston Harbor so it can handle around-the-clock arrival of larger cargo ships that will be calling on the port after renovations of the Panama Canal are completed in 2015.

Charleston already has seen a surge in the largest container-

ships, the authority said. About four a week call on Charleston.

The Columbus Street project expanded the port’s ability to handle the growing exports of one of its biggest customers — BMW. BMW makes X3, X5 and X6 sport utility vehicles at its plant near Greer. In 2010, BMW exported $4 billion worth of S.C.built vehicles to 130 global markets.

Matching this year’s numbers in 2012 could be a challenge for the Port of Charleston. The SPA reported that container volume fell 4.4% in June to 115,168 TEUs from May, and volume was down 1,129 TEUs from June 2010.

“We’ve got to grow above the market no matter what the market does,” Newsome said. “And we’re all-out engaged in that.” •

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Big rig operators in S.C. optimistic over tighter fuel regulations

By Chuck Crumbo, Staff Writer

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resident Barack Obama recently announced new fuel efficiency standards aimed at commercial vehicles, including the semi-trucks that haul goods across the United States.

The new regulations, which promise to save $50 billion in fuel costs over the life of the program, might not have caused much of a media stir because many of the stakeholders support the firstever fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

“Our members have been pushing for the setting of fuel efficiency standards for some time, and today marks the culmination of those efforts,” Bill Graves, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations said

S.C. Trucking Association officials say they generally support the new rules.

Aug. 9 when the standards were announced. “We believe these new standards are just one tool we should be using to cut fuel use by the trucking industry.”

The regulations will begin

with 2014 model year vehicles and be in effect through the end of the 2018 model year, said Rick Todd, president and CEO of the S.C. Trucking Association.

“Absent some mandate, truck

makers and owners have done all they can to promote fuel efficiency,” Todd said. “So, we generally support the rules.”

How the rules might impact shipping costs remains to be seen, Todd said.

“They will cause equipment to be more expensive,” Todd said. “But hopefully, the upfront higher cost will be offset quickly through fuel savings.”

The regulations, written jointly by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, are similar to proposals that were offered in October 2010, Todd said.

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vans, and vocational vehicles, Todd said.

The regulations require: • Heavy-duty pickups and vans cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by model year 2018. The federal government estimates a typical gasoline- or dieselfueled vehicle could save 1 gallon of fuel for every 100 miles traveled.

• Vocational vehicles like delivery trucks, buses and garbage trucks cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by 2018, resulting in an estimated savings of 1 gallon fuel for every 100 miles.

• Big-rigs or semi-trucks cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by model year 2018, saving up to 4 gallons for every 100 miles traveled.

The government estimates trucks and buses built in 2014 through 2018 will cut oil con-

sumption by 530 million barrels and greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 270 million metric tons.

“The standards are expected to yield an estimated $50 billion in net benefits over the life of model year 2014 to 2018 vehicles, and to result in significant longterms savings for vehicle owners and operators,” the White House said in a news release.

The White House claims a trucking operator could pay for the technology upgrades within a year and realize net savings of $73,000 through reduced fuel costs over the truck’s useful life.

“Trucking rates will be going up regardless due to other regulatory requirements, but maybe this one will actually provide some operating cost savings — depending on if it works and there aren’t other issues that come up,” Todd said. “Of course, driver training can contribute to significant savings today.”

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operation because the crops and byproducts grown in this area will be used as feedstock for Be Green’s packaging material.

Headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif., Be Green’s lone manufacturing plant is in China, and it has a warehouse in Boston. With an expanding market for products in the United States, Europe and the Asia, the company — founded in 2006 — needed another plant, Blitzer said. The 32-acre site on Grays Highway in Jasper County was the place, Blitzer said.

“We’ll absolutely stay in China,” Blitzer said. “It’s just time to be doing this in America.”

Be Green Packaging, which announced in April its plans to move to South Carolina, expects to move forward in two phases, Blitzer said.

The company has begun installing equipment and prepar-

ing the building through the remainder of the year. The first containers loaded with product to be distributed from the Jasper County warehouse are expected to arrive around Sept. 1, he said.

Manufacturing should start in the first quarter.

When he visited Jasper County last month, Blitzer said he spent some time getting to know local officials and meeting people on the street and in the restaurants.

“We really got a sense of the needs of that community,” Blitzer said.

Blitzer said he also realized just how much Be Green’s investment means in a county where June’s jobless rate hit 11%, slightly above the state’s 10.5% unemployment figure.

“We’re offering good-paying jobs and benefits that can actually change the lives of people,” Blitzer said. “We can impact the lives of an entire community here. That’s an empowering thing.”

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Aerospace Greenville-Spartanburg International booms with air freight business

By Chuck Crumbo, Staff Writer

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ir freight volume in the first half of 2011 increased at five of eight major airports surveyed by SCBIZ magazine.

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport was the biggest gainer, recording a 19% increase for the first half of the year compared to a similar period in 2010.

Meanwhile, Charleston International suffered the greatest decline, down 15.6%.

Around the Southeast, freight numbers at larger airports reflected a national trend of a slowing economy and declining demand for delivering freight by air.

Memphis International, home to FedEx operations, recorded a drop of 0.2% for the first half of the year. Meanwhile, Louisville International, where UPS runs its â&#x20AC;&#x153;worldportâ&#x20AC;? in Kentucky, report-

Cargo handled at Southeast airports The chart shows cargo weights (000) from the first half of 2011, compared with the first half of 2010. The two airports in the Southeast with the largest numbers in both years are Louisville, Ky., with 2.3 billion and Memphis, Tenn., with 4.2 billion.

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Air cargo business at Columbia is down largely because UPS, which accounts for about 70% of the freight handled at the airport, has consolidated some processing operations in Louisville.

For example, according to the airport, the amount of freight UPS loads on planes at Columbia dropped 19.2% to 452,000 pounds for the first half of 2011 compared to 564,000 pounds for a similar period in 2010.

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Growth could stress aerospace supply chain

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xperts say recent orders for hundreds of passenger planes could stress the supply chain of major manufacturers, including the Boeing Co., which recently opened a new final assembly plant in North Charleston.

Many of the new orders for a variety of new aircraft were placed at July’s Paris Air Show.

But American Airlines’ single order for 460 planes grabbed headlines and stunned veteran observers of the aerospace industry.

American, aiming to update its aging fleet and gain advantage of lower operating costs promised by the new generation of aircraft, opted to split its order for a singleaisle passenger plane between Airbus and Boeing.

Airbus, the European consortium, will build 260 of the

A320neos for American, while Chicago-based Boeing took orders for 200 737-800. The aircraft are schedule to be delivered between 2017 and 2018.

“While elation is in order, we would advise that the time for celebration be brief since aerospacerelated supply chains will have many challenges to overcome in the coming months,” wrote Bob Ferrari in his blog Supply Chain Matters.

Ferrari noted that the combined backlog of orders at just Airbus and Boeing already is about seven years long.

The Financial Times, in a midJuly article, reported that the aerospace supply chain already was showing stress before the big orders came rolling in.

“Aerospace is an engineering-driven environment where

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specifications and conformance to quality are strict, and qualified raw materials and suppliers are limited,” Ferrari wrote. “A snafu or failure from one supplier can stop an entire OEM final production line, and with this level of growing combined order backlog, a stoppage will be ever more expensive in dollars and reputation.”

A spokesman for Boeing, which lists 81 South Carolina

vendors, said the company is confident its supply chain will meet the challenge for building more 737s as well as the 787 Dreamliners that will be assembled in South Carolina.

“While we are forecasting increasing demand for aircraft over the next 20 years, we closely monitor our suppliers and feel the aerospace supply chain is robust enough to support this growth,” said Larry Wilson, spokesman for Boeing supplier management.

Wilson said Boeing tries to head off any metal shortage for components by entering “into long-term contracts for metals like aluminum and titanium so we can better control inventories and manage increases in demand.”

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an upswing by about the same amount.

The express carrier recorded a 19.2% increase for the first six months of 2011 in the amount of cargo enplaned, up to 242,000 pounds from 203,000 for the first half of 2010.

The cargo numbers at Greenville reflect what’s bound to be a record year for the Upstate airport. Greenville handled 26.12 million pounds of cargo during the first six months of 2011, compared with 21.95 million pounds for a similar period in 2010.

Greenville officials attribute the uptick in air cargo to a steady increase in manufacturing in the area.

The air freight business at Greenville has been so brisk that FedEx replaced its narrow-body Boeing 727s with wide-body 757s.

“You have 700 international

companies here doing business with BMW and Michelin and others. We’re servicing those companies,” said John Harris, FedEx operating facility manager.

“Manufacturing in particular plays a huge role up here in what we ship through cargo. We’ve seen the volume increase to the point where we had to increase the size of our aircrafts.”

As far as shipping costs, the Air Freight Price Index for international air cargo prices dropped 2.6% in June, while average air freight rates declined 9.9% yearover-year, the eighth consecutive month of decline, according to the Journal of Commerce.

Although it appears the movement of cargo is slowing, Rosalyn Wilson, author of the State of Logistics report sponsored by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, said industry capacity, particularly trucking and air freight, “is close to being fully engaged.”

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As far as the Dreamliner program, which already is three years behind schedule because of supply chain issues, Wilson said Boeing doesn’t see any “impact on the 787 program from the growth in demand.”

Beginning in early 2012, Boeing anticipates building three Dreamliners a month at Charleston, boosting total production to 10 planes a month. Other Dreamliners are being built at Boeing’s plant in Everett, Wash.

American’s decision to split its order between Boeing and Airbus could take the stress off the supply chain, said Manoj Malhotra, a supply chain expert and chairman of the management science department at USC’s Darla Moore School of Business.

“Splitting orders diversifies the supply risk,” said Malhotra, founding director of the Center for Global Supply Chain and

Process Management at USC. “Though some suppliers may be common between the two companies’ supply chains, others may be unique to each firm.

“So need for capacity gets better distributed across both companies’ supply chains when an order as large as 460 planes gets divided and split between Boeing and Airbus.”

Splitting the order also can bring down the total price for the planes,” Malhotra said.

“Both firms compete aggressively for business. There is no negotiating advantage left if nothing is given to one firm at all. The mix between Boeing and Airbus can change depending upon how attractive a pricing is promised by each firm.”

Boeing and Airbus are providing $13 billion in committed financing through lease transactions, American said. The retail value of each plane is $80 million to $85 million, American added.

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